Usually means: Rhythmic, periodic expansion and contraction.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulsatile: Merriam-Webster
  2. pulsatile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pulsatile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pulsatile: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pulsatile: Wordnik
  6. pulsatile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. pulsatile: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. pulsatile: Dictionary.com
  9. Pulsatile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Pulsatile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. pulsatile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Pulsatile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. pulsatile: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. pulsatile: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pulsatile: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. pulsatile: Wiktionary

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulsatile: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. pulsatile: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pulsatile)

▸ adjective:  Pulsating; that pulses.
▸ adjective:  Characterized by pulses.
▸ adjective:  (music) Of a musical instrument: played by striking or beating.

Similar:
pulsant, pulsative, apulse, pulsific, pulsed, pulsating, palpitant, vibrant, throbbing, pulse-pounding, more...

Opposite:
non-pulsatile, steady, constant, continuous

Types:
throbbing, thumping, pounding, beating, pulsing, more...

Phrases:
Pulsatile flow, pulsatile tinnitus, pulsatile assist device, Pulsatile secretion, more...

Adjectives:
less, more, new, normal, low, conventional, longer, hypothermic, characteristic, subcutaneous, primary

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Similar:
pulsant, pulsative, apulse, pulsific, pulsed, pulsating, palpitant, vibrant, throbbing, pulse-pounding, more...

Opposite:
non-pulsatile, steady, constant, continuous

Types:
throbbing, thumping, pounding, beating, pulsing, more...

Phrases:
Pulsatile flow, pulsatile tinnitus, pulsatile assist device, Pulsatile secretion, more...

Adjectives:
less, more, new, normal, low, conventional, longer, hypothermic, characteristic, subcutaneous, primary

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     vermilion,     carmine, more...



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