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systole
[ sis-tuh-lee, -lee ]
noun
- Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- Classical Prosody. the shortening of a syllable regularly long.
systole
/ sɪˈstɒlɪk; ˈsɪstəlɪ /
noun
- contraction of the heart, during which blood is pumped into the aorta and the arteries that lead to the lungs Compare diastole
systole
- The period during the normal beating of the heart in which the chambers of the heart, especially the ventricles, contract to force blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
- Compare diastole
Derived Forms
- systolic, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·t· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of systole1
Example Sentences
During systole, the volunteers perceived time duration to be shorter than it actually was.
He has a feeling for the systole and diastole, the contraction and release, of a body’s mechanisms.
Hence this organ, when weakened by structural change and insufficiently stimulated through diminished innervation, may not fully empty itself during the systole, and consequently it becomes dilated.
He fails to create an ideal world in which both tragedy and comedy are necessary to the spiritual order, as are the systole and diastole of the heart to an organised being.
The acrophases you see late at night are for things like “duration of systole” and “duration of diastole” which means that the Heart Rate is slow during the night.
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