pulsation

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It’s hard to know what to make of these data, which sometimes include any sign of life, such as umbilical cord pulsation, and don’t obviously differentiate miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

The spinal cord is an "unfriendly area" for traditional imaging techniques due to significant motion artifacts, such as heart pulsation and breathing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

In the opening “Future Blues,” listen for how the regular, rumbling waves of pulsation rub against trebly tendrils of wet, smacking sound.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Red giants show a behaviour called pulsation, caused by changes in the area and temperature of the star's surface layers.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2020

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