'Systole' definitions:
Definition of 'systole'
(from WordNet)
noun
The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
Definition of 'Systole'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.]
Synonyms of 'systole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- arsis,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- beat,
- bottleneck,
- bout,
- cervix,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circumscription,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- course,
- curtailment,
- cycle,
- decrease,
- diastole,
- diminuendo,
- downbeat,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- neck,
- puckering,
- pulse,
- pursing,
- reduction,
- revolution,
- rotation,
- round,
- series,
- shortening,
- solidification,
- spell,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- thesis,
- turn,
- upbeat,
- wasp waist,
- wheel,
- wrinkling