Pulsatile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Undergoing pulsation; vibrating.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. pulsating or vibrating
  • adj. characterized by pulses
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion.
  • adj. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of pulsating; pulsating or pulsatory; throbbing; beating.
  • Requiring to be struck in order to produce sound; in music, noting an instrument the tone of which is produced by blows, as of a hammer, as a drum, tambourine, cymbals, or a bell.
  • n. A musical instrument which is sounded by means of blows.
    • Word Usage
    "In October 2003, it found that a treatment known as pulsatile lavage -- which uses a spray-like device to irrigate and treat wounds -- was also dispersing acinetobacter from patients who carried the bug into the air via droplets."
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