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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. It.

pulsatile

, Sp.

pulsatil

Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion;

as, a tambourine is a

pulsatile

musical instrument

Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.

Adj.

[L.pulsatilis, from pulso,to beat.]

That is or may be struck or beaten; played by beating; as a pulsatile instrument of music.

pulsatile ‎(comparative more pulsatile, superlative most pulsatile)

pulsating or vibrating

characterized by pulses