weak pulse
Barely detectable beat
A weak pulse is a heartbeat felt at the wrist or neck that's fainter than normal, harder to detect under the fingernips.
It can indicate low blood pressure, dehydration, blood loss, or heart problems.
Medical professionals describe it as "thready" when barely perceptible: The paramedic found only a weak pulse.
- faintWeak and indistinct
- threadyThin and weak
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- flutteringLight, rapid movement
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
heart rate · wrist · artery · vital signs · pallor · clammy · cold sweat · shock · fainting · dizzy · monitor · stethoscope · vital · bradycardia · hypotension · collapse · cardiac arrest · medical emergency
- faint traceswhisper, glimmer, flicker, trace, hint
- Pulseheartbeat, heart rate, throb, beat
- heart responsesheart rate, slow heartbeat, palpitations, racing heart, pounding heart
- heart sensationspalpitation, palpitations, flutter, fluttering, heart flutter
- vital signsheart rate, blood pressure, breathing, vital signs, body temperature
- cardiac symptomschest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure, palpitations, heart palpitations