katadicrotism

katadicrotism

(kætəˈdaɪkrətɪz(ə)m)

[f. Gr. κατά down + dicrotism.]

‘The occurrence of dicrotism in the downward stroke of a sphygmographic tracing’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1887).

Commonly expressed by dicrotism without prefix (see dicrotic a.), the opposite being anacrotism.