A kind of non-sinusoidal waveform that is similar to a square wave but lacks the perfectly symmetrical shape.

An instrument consisting of a glass tube with terminal bulbs, and containing ether or alcohol, which the heat of the hand causes to boil.

(medicine, colloquial) Pulse oximetry. / (medicine, colloquial) Pulse oximeter.

plural of finger on the pulse

plural of pulse glass

plural of pulse wave

That increases the heartbeat rate, especially as a result of excitement or fear.

(physiology) The difference between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.

plural of pulse pressure

(informal, humorous) A vagina (female body part) and the state of being alive, mentioned as a person's only standard for a sexual partner.