| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tri·crot·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr -kr t  k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Medicine Having three waves or elevations to one beat of the pulse. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek trikrotos, having a triple beat : tri-, three; see trei- in Appendix I + krotein, to beat. | | OTHER FORMS: | tricro·tism (trkr -tz m) —NOUN
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