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Systole

noun

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

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"Systole" Quotes from Famous Books

... than that. Like the systole and diastole of a slowly beating pulse, the word kept on forming in his mind and welling away in a tide of confused and amorphous scenes; and forming again; and again oozing in presentments of speculations, scenes, surmises, and in ...

— If Winter Comes • A.S.M. Hutchinson

Words linked to "Systole" : heartbeat, pulse, pulsation, beat