• (n.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism.
(pol-ik´rә-tiz-әm) the quality of having several waves to each beat of the pulse. adj., polycrot´ic., adj.
Po·lyc'ro·tism noun (Physiol.) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations; -- contrasted with monocrotism and dicrotism . 
Type: Term Pronunciation: pol-ik′rō-tizm Definitions: 1. A condition in which the sphygmographic tracing shows several upward breaks in the descending wave.