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Definition of Systole
1. Noun. The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
Definition of Systole
1. n. The shortening of the long syllable.
2. 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.
Definition of Systole
1. Noun. (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries. ¹
2. Noun. (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Systole
1. the normal rhythmic contraction of the heart [n -S] : SYSTOLIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Systole
Literary usage of Systole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"The commonest type of arrhythmia is that now known as the extra-systole, ...
During this refractory stage, beginning shortly before the systole and ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1836)
"During the systole of the ventricles, the auricles are distended by blood from
... When their systole has ended, the ventricles becomes relaxed and flaccid; ..."
3. The Lancet (1898)
"Thus the systole first phase of the ventricular systole, and ceasing about the
of the auricle is a somewhat prolonged contraction which, •that of the next ..."
4. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"It must now be added that the ventricles can, for a time, maintain the circulation
without the aid of the auricular systole—a clear proof that this systole ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"The commonest type of arrhythmia is that now known as the extra-systole, ...
During this refractory stage, beginning shortly before the systole and ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1836)
"During the systole of the ventricles, the auricles are distended by blood from
... When their systole has ended, the ventricles becomes relaxed and flaccid; ..."
7. The Lancet (1898)
"Thus the systole first phase of the ventricular systole, and ceasing about the
of the auricle is a somewhat prolonged contraction which, •that of the next ..."
8. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"It must now be added that the ventricles can, for a time, maintain the circulation
without the aid of the auricular systole—a clear proof that this systole ..."
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