| pulsus filiformis | A small fine pulse, feeling like a small cord or thread under the finger. Synonym: pulsus filiformis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pulsus fluens | A toneless pulse in which there is a succession of waves without character or force. Synonym: pulsus fluens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus formicans | A very small, nearly imperceptible pulse, the impression it gives to the finger being compared to formication. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus fortis | A full strong pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus frequens | A rapid pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus heterochronicus | An arrhythmic pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus inaequalis | A pulse irregular in rhythm and force. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus incongruens | A condition in which the pulses in the two radial or other corresponding arteries differ in strength. Synonym: pulsus incongruens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus infrequens | A slow pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus intercidens | Irregularity of the heart due to extrasystoles which are too weak to open the semilunar valves; often owing to the long pause following the premature beat, extra long pauses equal to two regular cycles occur from time to time between pulse beats. Synonym: pulsus intercidens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus intercurrens | An occasional strong dicrotic pulse wave giving the impression of an intercurrent ventricular contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus irregularis perpetuus | Permanently irregular pulse often caused by, or characteristic of, atrial fibrillation; it may also be produced by a wide variety of other chaotic rhythms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus magnus | A large full pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus mollis | A soft, easily compressible pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus monocrotus | A pulse without any perceptible dicrotism. Synonym: pulsus monocrotus. (05 Mar 2000) |