| pulsus frequens | A rapid pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| pulsus myurus | A pulse marked by a wave, the apex of which is reached suddenly and which then subsides very gradually. Synonym: mousetail pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus paradoxus | An exaggeration of the normal variation in the pulse volume with respiration, becoming weaker with inspiration and stronger with expiration; characteristic of cardiac tamponade, rare in constrictive pericarditis; so called because these changes are independent of changes in the cardiac rate as measured directly or by electrocardiogram. Synonym: pulsus paradoxus, pulsus respiratione intermittens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus parvus | A pulse of small amplitude, as in aortic stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulsus parvus et tardus | Small, late pulse considered typical of severe aortic stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |