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  1. Systole
    [medicine] Systole (iː) is the contraction of the heart. Used alone, it usually means the contraction of the left ventricle. In all mammals, the heart has 4 chambers. The left and right ventricles pump together. The atria and ventricles pump in sequence. The atria feed blood into the ventri...
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  2. systole
    [n] - the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
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  3. Systole
    Contraction, as in ventricular systole.
    Found op http://www.felpress.co.uk/Exercise_Physiology_Glossary.24.0.html

  4. Systole
    Systole: The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the heart contracts. The final letter in 'systole' is pronounced as a long 'e' as in 'lee.' The adjective for systole is systolic. The systolic pressure is specifically the maximum arte...
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  5. Systole
    Sys'to·le noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to contract; sy`n with + ... to set, place.] 1. (Gram.) The shortening of the long syllable. 2. (Physiol.) The contraction of the heart and arteries by which ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/269

  6. Systole
    Sys'to·le noun (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 . ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/269

  7. systole
    <physiology> The time at which ventricular contraction occurs. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?systole

  8. systole
    noun the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=systole



  1. systole
    (sis´to-le) the contraction, or period of contraction, of the heart, especially of the ventricles, during which blood is forced into the aorta and pulmonary artery. adj., systol´ic., adj. atrial systole contraction of the atria by which blood is forced into the ventricles; ...
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  2. Systole
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The shortening of the long syllable. • (n.) The contraction of th...
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  3. systole
    period of contraction of the ventricles of the heart that occurs between the first and second heart sounds. Systole causes the ejection of blood ... [5 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/202

  4. systole
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sis′tō-lē Definitions: 1. Contraction of the heart, especially of the ventricles, by which the blood is driven through the aorta and pulmonary artery to traverse the systemic and pulmonary circulations, respectively; its occurrence is indicated physically by...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=89411

  5. SYSTOLE
    The contraction/ejection phase of the heartbeat.
    Found op http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=S

  6. systole
    Greek = contraction; hence the contraction of cardiac muscle.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  7. systole
    (sis;tuo-le) The muscular contraction of a heart chamber during the cardiac cycle.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  8. systole
    (sis;tuo-le) The muscular contraction of a heart chamber during the cardiac cycle.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  9. systole
    1) Beat 2) Heart contraction 3) Heartbeat 4) Normal rhythmical contraction of the heart 5) Part of a heartbeat 6) Pulsation 7) Pulse 8) The first ohase of the heart beat
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/systole/1

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