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Systole   Listen
noun
Systole  n.  
1.
(Gram.) The shortening of the long syllable.
2.
(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.





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"Systole" Quotes from Famous Books



... with absolute absence of any pathological condition in any part of the bodies to account for it. He describes the case of a man of forty-three, and calls it 'emotional inhibition of the heart.' The heart was arrested in diastole, instead of systole, as is usually the case; the mode of death was syncope; the ...
— The Grey Room • Eden Phillpotts


Words linked to "Systole" :   pulse, beat, pulsation, heartbeat, extrasystole


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