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pulsation

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9 lettersPronunciation /pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted ailnopstuStarts with PEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed from Middle French pulsacion (“(of bells) a striking (end of 14th c.); (of a diseased part of the body) a throbbing (1377); pulsation (1575)”), and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“(classical Latin) a beating or striking; (Medieval Latin, medical) rhythmical expansion and contraction (1363 in Chauliac)”). By surface analysis, pulsate + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
  • Lo! as a dove when up she springs ⁠To bear thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, ⁠Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; ⁠I leave this mortal ark behind […]
  • By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.

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