01 a. A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.
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A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.(Physiol.)“The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high.” — Landois & Stirling.