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- Systole - n. - The shortening of the long syllable.
- Systole - n. - The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.
- Perisystole - n. - The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
- Systolic - a. - Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.
- Presystolic - a. - Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.
- Peridiastole - n. - The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.