PULSATILE

  

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PULSATILE

Definition: PULSATILE

PULSATILE

Adjective

1. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.

2. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Pulsatile \Pul"sa*tile\, adjective. [Compare to Italian pulsatile, Spanish pulsatil.]. (Websters 1913)

"PULSATILE" is a common misspelling or typo for: palatable, palatal, palatial, palatine, pastille, platelet, pulsate, pustule.


Crosswords: PULSATILE

Specialty definitions using "PULSATILE": Pulsatile Flow. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PULSATILE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Brain and Pituitary Peptides II: Pulsatile Administration of Gn-Rh in Hypothalamic Failure (reference)

  • Mechanisms and Biological Significance of Pulsatile Hormone Secretion - No. 227 (reference)

  • Peripheral vascular surgery: hemodynamics of arterial pulsatile blood flow (reference)

  • Pulsatile Drug Delivery: Current Applications and Future Trends (reference)

  • Pulsatile echo-encephalography (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PULSATILE

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The observations at endoscopy should then determine whether endoscopic hemostatic therapy should be carried out. There is consensus that the findings of pulsatile bleeding ("spurting") or oozing from the ulcer are indications for treatment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: PULSATILE

Expressions using "PULSATILE": Pulsatile Flow pulsatile instrument. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "PULSATILE": non-pulsatile.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PULSATILE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pulsatile tinnitus

34

pulsatile lavage

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PULSATILE

Language Translations for "PULSATILE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏نابض (graphic, graphical, impulsive, palpitant, pulsatory, pulsing, spring, thrilling), ‏نبض (beat, pant, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, stroke, throb). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ударен (percussive, shock, striking, strong), пулсиращ (intermittent, palpitating, pulsatory, systaltic). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

脉搏. (various references)

   

Danish

  

pulserende haematom (pulsatile haematoma), pulsafhængigt flow (pulsatile flow). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pulserend hematoom (pulsatile haematoma), pulsatiele stroming (pulsatile flow). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aivo-selkäydinnesteen sykkivä virtaus (pulsatile flow), aivo-selkäydinnesteen pulsoiva virtaus (pulsatile flow). (various references)

   

French

  

pulsatif (pulsator, pulsatory, pulsing). (various references)

   

German

  

Strompuls (pulsatile flow), Hämatoma pulsans (pulsatile haematoma), Hämatoma arteriale (pulsatile haematoma). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σφύζον αιμάτωμα (pulsatile haematoma), παλμική ροή (pulsatile flow). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lüktetõ (intermittent, pulsatory, pulsing). (various references)

   

Italian

  

flusso pulsatile (pulsatile flow), ematoma pulsatile (pulsatile haematoma), ematoma arterioso (pulsatile haematoma). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ulsatilepay

   

Portuguese

  

pulsátil, tocado por percussão, que pulsa, latejante. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pulsând, care pulseazã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ударный (percussional, percussive, striking). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

koji treperi. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pulsátil (pulsatory). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pulserande (pulsating, pulsation, pulsatory, vibrant). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

vurmalı (percussion, percussive). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ударний (percussive, striking), пульсуючий (palpitating, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "PULSATILE"

Words rhyming with "PULSATILE" (pronounced 'Pul"sa*tile'): Aquatile, Bipartile, Biquintile, Coctile, Cortile, Fertile, fictile, Fluviatile, futile, infantile, infertile, inutile, mercantile, Octile, Oversubtile, Pantile, Pentile, Plectile, Pontile, Productile, Quartile, Quintile, saxatile, Sculptile, Sectile, Semiquintile, Semisextile, Subtile, Sutile, turnstile, Umbratile, unfertile, Untile, utile, Versatile, Vibratile. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PULSATILE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-p-s-t-u"

-1 letter: palliest, pastille.

-2 letters: aplites, paliest, pallets, pilules, platies, pullets, pulsate, stipule, tailles, talipes, tallies, tuilles.

-3 letters: allies, aplite, espial, illest, lapels, letups, lipase, listel, luteal, palest, palets, pallet, pastel, pastie, pastil, petals, petsai, pietas, pilaus, pileus, pilule, plaits, plates, pleats, plutei, pullet, sallet, saltie, salute, septal, spital, staple, stelai, stella, stipel, taille, tallis.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-p-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: painfullest, pluralities, ultrasimple.

 

+3 letters: cupellations.

 

+4 letters: culpabilities, multispectral, speculatively, superlatively, superloyalist.

 

+5 letters: euphuistically, plausibilities, pleasurability, superloyalists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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