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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pulsative en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle French pulsatif, and its source, past-classical Latin pulsativus.

Meanings

  1. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing.
    • It was this vital spirit which was mainly responsible for creating the pulsative power within the coats of the artery. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 73:

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more pulsative Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pulsative Degree=Sup lexicographic