Systole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Systole	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Systole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
systole n the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Systole \Sys"tole\, 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}. -- {Systol"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}.