pul's us

See pulse. p. a equal is. A pulse in which the beats are equal, p. alter nans. A pulse having a regular rhythm, in which stronger and weaker beats alternate. p. bigeminus. Of Traube, an irregular p. with a slight pause after every two pulsations. p. celer. See quick pulse, p. cerebral is. A slow pulse sometimes observed in apoplexy. p. irregular is perpetuus. An absolutely irregular pulse both in force of beat and rhythm, p. myurus. A pulse marked by a wave, the apex of which is reached suddenly, and which then subsides very gradually, p. myurus deficiens. A p. myurus in which the waves diminish so that they are scarcely appreciable, p. paradoxicus, p. paradox us. A phenomenon observed under certain rare pathological conditions (e. g., in that form of pericarditis in which the aorta is compre ed by adhesions) in which the pulse disappears during each full inspiration and reappears during expiration, p. quadrigeminus. A pulse with an appreciable pause after every four beats. p. quin que gem in us. A pulse with an appreciable pause after every five beats. p. rarus. See infrequent pulse. p. serratus. A strong, hard, full pulse, p. tardus. See slow pulse, p. trigeminus. An irregular p. in which every third beat is followed by a pause.