different between monocrotism vs polycrotism

English

mono- +? Ancient Greek ?????? (krótos, “a rattling, beating”) +? -ism

monocrotism (uncountable)

(physiology) A condition in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows only a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

polycrotism

(physiology) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations.

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