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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
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