3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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}. -- {Sys*tol"ic}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Systolic \Sys*tol"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: systolic adj : of or relating to a systole or happing during a systole
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