||Pul`sa*til"la (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) 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.
Pul*sa"tion (?), n. [L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F.
pulsation.] 1. (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the
heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.