Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

systolemore about systole

systole


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Systole  \Sys"to*le\,  n.  (Physiol.  &  Biol.) 
  The  contraction  of  the  heart  and  arteries  by  which  the  blood 
  is  forced  onward  and  the  circulation  kept  up  also  the 
  contraction  of  a  rhythmically  pulsating  contractile  vacuole; 
  --  correlative  to  {diastole}.  --  {Sys*tol"ic},  a. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Systole  \Sys"to*le\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  contract;  sy`n 
  with  +  ?  to  set  place.] 
  1.  (Gram.)  The  shortening  of  the  long  syllable. 
 
  2.  (Physiol.)  The  contraction  of  the  heart  and  arteries  by 
  which  the  blood  is  forced  onward  and  the  circulation  kept 
  up  --  correlative  to  {diastole}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  systole 
  n  :  the  contraction  of  the  chambers  of  the  heart  (especially  the 
  ventricles)  to  drive  blood  into  the  aorta  and  pulmonary 
  artery 




more about systole