pulsation

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed from Middle French pulsacion (“(of bells) a striking (end of 14th c.); (of a diseased part of the body) a throbbing (1377); pulsation (1575)”), and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“(classical Latin) a beating or striking; (Medieval Latin, medical) rhythmical expansion and contraction (1363 in Chauliac)”). By surface analysis, pulsate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/ (US) IPA(key): /pəlˈseɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === pulsation (countable and uncountable, plural pulsations) The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse. [from 15th c.] Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc. [from 17th c.] (botany) The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia. (now rare) Physical striking; a blow. [from 17th c.] A single beat, throb or vibration. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === platinous == French == === Etymology === From Latin pulsātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pyl.sa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === pulsation f (plural pulsations) pulsation ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “pulsation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012