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systole Definition


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systole
noun
    systoles
    1. medicine.
      Contraction of the heart muscle, during which blood is pumped from the ventricle into the arteries. See also diastole.
Derivative: systolic
adj
    Relating to systole.
Etymology: 16c: from Greek systole, from syn together + stellein to place.



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