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Webster 1913 Edition
Systole
Sys′to-le
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to contract;
σύν
with + [GREEK] to set, place.] 1.
(Gram.)
The shortening of the long syllable.
Webster 1828 Edition
Systole
SYS'TOLE
Definition 2024
Systole
Systole
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systole
See also: Systole
English
Noun
systole (plural systoles)
- (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, pp. 78-9:
- A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.
- 1974, Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament:
- There is no essential virtue in comfort. To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process of systole and diastole. Relaxation comes between phases of tenseness.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, pp. 78-9:
- (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
Antonyms
Hypernyms
- (prosody): metaplasm
Derived terms
Translations
contraction of the heart
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪsˈtoː.lə/
Etymology
From French systole, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”).
Noun
systole f (plural systoles)
Antonyms
French
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλειν (sustéllein, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sistɔl/
Noun
systole f (plural systoles)