Systolic

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.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  systolic
       adj : of or relating to a systole or happing during a systole