1. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument.
2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.
PULSATILLA
Pul`sa*til"la, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone
Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used
medicinally.
PULSATION Pul*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. pulsation.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
2. A single beat or throb of a series.
3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
4. (Law)