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What is the adjective for pulse?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs pulsate and pulse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

pulsatile
  1. Pulsating; that pulses. [from 15th c.]
  2. characterized by pulses
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is known that oxytocin is important for milk let-down, but its physiologic release is pulsatile in nature.”
      “The pulse oximeter also utilizes a plethysmographic waveform to differentiate pulsatile arterial hemoglobin saturation from venous blood.”
      “Carotid artery dissection is a possibility in patients who present with pulsatile tinnitus.”
pulsative
  1. Characterised by pulsing or beating; throbbing. [from 14th c.]
  2. Examples:
      3. “It was this vital spirit which was mainly responsible for creating the pulsative power within the coats of the artery.”
pulsific
  1. Exciting the pulse; causing pulsation.
pulsatory
  1. Consisting of pulses; rhythmic
  2. Examples:
      3. “A distinguishing feature of the secretory machinery is that insulin is secreted in a pulsatory manner with a period on the order of minutes.”
      “It is often possible to obtain record of the pulsatory nature of growth-elongation.”
      “One of the three load types, namely sustained, pulsatory and a combination of both was applied to the combination prior to each filtration test.”
pulsed
  1. Producing, or consisting of pulses (short bursts)
pulselike
  1. Resembling a pulse or some aspect of one.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rhythmic, cadenced, rhythmical, metrical, pulsating, cadent, throbbing, pulsing, beating, clocklike, lilting, ticking, musical, flowing, metric, with a steady pulse, clockwork, steady, vibrant, quivering, quaking, vibrating, lively, animated, buzzing, stirring, trembling, humming, hopping, thriving, kinetic, alive, shaking, oscillating, reverberating, abuzz, rousing, periodic, paced, vibratory, jumping, energetic, busy, bustling, flourishing, brisk, exciting, effervescent, happening, astir … more
pulsational
  1. Of or pertaining to pulsations
pulseless
  1. (medicine) Having no pulse.
  2. Examples:
      3. “As the nurse and CSJ assisted him to a sitting position, he became unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless.”
      “His condition eventually deteriorated to pulseless electrical activity and ventricular tachycardia.”
      “No further review or intervention occurred until two hours later when the patient was noted to be apnoeic and pulseless.”
pulsated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of pulsate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. throbbed, palpitated, pulsed, vibrated, beat, beaten, pounded, quivered, reverberated, thudded, drummed, quopped, fluttered, thrummed, pumped, oscillated, ticked, fluctuated, undulated, heaved, hove, surged, pitter-pattered, pit-a-patted, went pit-a-pat, gone pit-a-pat, ebbed and flowed, rose and fell, risen and fallen, thumped, trembled, thrilled, hammered, resonated, pitapatted, shivered, twittered, quoke, quaked, raced, pitpatted, shuddered, resounded, juddered, twitched, quavered, echoed, panted, ringed, hummed … more
pulsating
  1. present participle of pulsate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. throbbing, palpitating, pulsing, vibrating, beating, pounding, quivering, reverberating, thudding, drumming, quopping, fluttering, thrumming, pumping, oscillating, ticking, fluctuating, undulating, heaving, surging, pit-a-patting, going pit-a-pat, ebbing and flowing, rising and falling, thumping, trembling, thrilling, hammering, resonating, pitapatting, shivering, twittering, quaking, racing, pitpatting, shuddering, resounding, juddering, shaking, twitching, quavering, echoing, panting, ringing, humming, wobbling, beating rapidly, bustling, booming, convulsing … more
pulsing
  1. present participle of pulse
  2. Synonyms:
      3. throbbing, pulsating, palpitating, beating, pounding, thudding, thumping, quivering, hammering, drumming, quopping, reverberating, thrumming, ticking, oscillating, pit-a-patting, going pit-a-pat, vibrating, pumping, fluttering, thrilling, pitapatting, trembling, racing, pitpatting, resonating, panting, humming, beating rapidly, bustling, juddering, twittering, buzzing, twitching, beating heavily, being busy, resounding, fluctuating, undulating, shivering, quaking, whirling, having an air of, palpating, shuddering, strumming, quavering, writhing, jouncing, bobbing … more
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