pulsation
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pulsation
- /pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/ UK
- /pəlˈseɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed from Middle French pulsacion (“(of bells) a striking (end of 14th c.); (of a diseased part of the body) a throbbing (1377); pulsation (1575)”), and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“(classical Latin) a beating or striking; (Medieval Latin, medical) rhythmical expansion and contraction (1363 in Chauliac)”). By surface analysis, pulsate + -ion.
noun pulsations
- The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse. Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
- Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc. Lo! as a dove when up she springs To bear thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; I leave this mortal ark behind […]
- The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
- Physical striking; a blow. By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
- A single beat, throb or vibration.
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noun regular throbbing of the heart
| Português | pulsação |
|---|---|
| العربية | نَبْض nabḍ, نَبْضُ القَلْب nabḍu l-qalb |
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title = {pulsation},
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