a. [f. Gr. ἀνά up + κρότ-ος striking, clapping + -IC; cf. ἀνακροτέ-ειν.] Pertaining to, or exhibiting, anacrotism; dicrotic in the rise of the pulse. (More fully called anadicrotic.)
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., s.v. Anacrotism, An anacrotic elevation may be obtained by compression of the artery beyond the point at which a sphygmograph is applied.
