Kilo Lingo

/pʌls/

Line drawing of pulse
Coloured illustration of pulse
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Translation

The regular beat of blood in your body that you can feel at your wrist or neck.

Word origin

From Latin pulsus, meaning a beating, from pellere, to push or drive.

Origin
Latin
Root
pulsus
English cognates
impulse

Grammar

Gender
Pluralpulses

Examples

.

She felt the beat of his blood to count how fast his heart was going.

raced .

A racing pulse means the heart is beating very fast.

wrist.

Press two fingers on your wrist to feel the beat.

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This word is part of lesson 52.