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PRESPHYGMIC

\pɹɪsfˈɪɡmɪk], \pɹɪsfˈɪɡmɪk], \p_ɹ_ɪ_s_f_ˈɪ_ɡ_m_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of PRESPHYGMIC

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Preceding the pulse beat; noting a brief interval following the filling of the ventricles with blood before the contraction of their walls forces open the semilunar valves.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Of or pertaining to the presystolic interval, preceding the pulse wave. [Lat., + Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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