pulsation
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Excessive vascular pulsation may also disrupt the brain's "glymphatic system," a recently discovered network that removes waste substances such as beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025
He recalled that Christian, a keen boxer, measured a pulse rate of 240bpm, but said there was "little pulsation" in his radial artery and "essentially no circulation" in his fingers.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
Oral-B models use rotation and pulsation, so its brushes don’t buzz as intensely when the brush’s head touches your other teeth.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2018
Meditation also seems to intensify theta-wave activity, a type of rhythmic electrical pulsation often associated with a state of calm.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2017
When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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