anacrotism

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anacrotism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anacrotism \A*nac"ro*tism\, n. [Gr. ?, up, again + ? a stroke.]
     (Physiol.)
     A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a
     sphygmographic tracing.
     [1913 Webster]