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systole

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪstəli/Part of speech nounSorted elosstyStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

Word origin

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).

Used in a sentence

  • A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.
  • There is no essential virtue in comfort. To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process of systole and diastole. Relaxation comes between phases of tenseness.

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