'Systolic' definitions:
Definition of 'systolic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole
Definition of 'Systolic'
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.]
Definition of 'Systolic'
From: GCIDE
- Systolic \Sys*tol"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]