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pulsation.

The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/UK/pəlˈseɪʃən/US
  1. The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Physical striking; a blow.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  5. A single beat, throb or vibration.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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