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Webster 1913 Edition


Systole

Sys′to-le

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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

See also: systole

German

Noun

Systole f (genitive Systole, plural Systolen)

  1. (physiology) systole

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systole

systole

See also: Systole

English

The diastole (filling) and systole (pumping) processes of a healthy human heart

Noun

systole (plural systoles)

  1. (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.
  2. (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.

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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)

  1. (physiology) systole

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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)

  1. (physiology) systole

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