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pulsatilis

pulsatilis [ML < CL pulsare+-ilis] 1 (of bell) operated by striking. 1521 iiij campane ~es ad consecrationem. ‥ item campana ~is ad officium Cant. Coll. Ox. I 58. 2 used for stamping or crushing. 1511 cum uno molendino ~i ad stannum pulsandum MonExon 381. 3 (med.): a (of artery) that has the capacity to pulsate, that exhibits pulsation. b (of blood) characterized by pulsation, acting or moving in intermittent pulses. c (locus ~is) point on the body where pulse is felt. d (ellipt. as sb. n.). a ad omne membrum instrumentale veniunt due vene, ~es sc. et non ~es, ad deferendum duo genera sanguinis Ps.-Ric. Anat. 7; spiritus ‥ in humano corpore per venas corporis vivificans et per arterias pulsabiles [l. pulsatiles] anhelitum ‥ administrans Bart. Angl. III 22; hec vena ~is vocatur Ib. V 61; habet cor arterias vel venas ~es Wycl. Mand. Div. 178; ~es, arteriae venae dicuntur LC 259.  b discernitur iste sanguis ~is qui vitalis est ab ipso qui est nutrimentalis quoniam hic saltando exit interpolate, alius continue et quiete Ps.-Ric. Anat. 41 p. 25.  c discernitur ‥ pulsus ‥ per digitorum appositionem super locum ~em Bart. Angl. III 23.  d sincopis ‥ et strangulatio cum aerem intercipiunt, statim in ~ibus spiritus deficit Alf. Angl. Cor 11. 5; cum ‥ ab epate non ~ium sit ortus ‥ venarum ramus ‥ in duos dividitur Ib. 14. 2.

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