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PULSATILE

\pˈʌlsɐtˌa͡ɪl], \pˈʌlsɐtˌa‍ɪl], \p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɐ_t_ˌaɪ_l]\

Definitions of PULSATILE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That may be played by beating; throbbing.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

That may be beaten; played by beating, as a drum; beating, as a pulse.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Characterized by a rhythmic pulsation.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Attended with pulsations or throbs. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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