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pulse

/pʌls/noun · B1
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pulso

A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.

pulsepulso

B1
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Her pulse was thready and weak.
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