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systole - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'systole' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Systole

[ n.]

- The shortening of the long syllable.
- The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole.

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syssarcosis systaltic systasis system systematic systematical systematically systematism systematist systematization

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