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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PULSE  . (I) (0 . Fr.

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poll,
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Lat. pals, pultis, Gr. rains, a
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porridge of beans, peas, &c.), in
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botany, a collective
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term forbeans, peas, and other members of the
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order
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Leguminosae (q.v.), which is characterized by having a legume or pod for the
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fruit . (2) (M . Eng. pous,
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ponce, O . Fr. pous, mod. pousse, Lat. pulsus, sc. venarum, the beating of the
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veins, pellere, to drive,
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beat), throbbing or beating; in
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physiology the rhythmical beating due to the changes of
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blood-tension in the
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arteries consequent on the contractions of their elastic tissues (see VASCULAR
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SYSTEM) .

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FERENCZ AUREL PULSZKY (1814—1897 )

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