pulse wave. Etymology: L, pulsare, to beat; AS, wafian. a transient increase in blood pressure that spreads like a wave through the arterial system. It begins with the ejection of blood by the ventricles during systole.n electromyographic tracing associated with denervation and some types of primary muscle disease. pulse wave. the elevation of the pulse felt by the finger or shown graphically in a recording of pulse pressure.
It's the Venezuelan jungle in the 1960s. Chagnon is a young anthropologist. The green forest parts and a small, powerfully built man emerges, naked and proud. He has a glint in his eye, a light you don't see in other people, Chagnon continues. He is defiant, arrogant, king of the world.
Napoleon Chagnon's War of Discovery. He Wrote a Bestseller in the '60s About One of the Last Undiscovered Peoples on Earth. Yet His Brash Style and Opinions Have Sabotaged His Research. Now He Is Forbidden to Visit the Jungle to Finish His Work.