systole
noun/ˈsɪstəli/
/ˈsɪstəli/
[uncountable, countable] (medical)- the stage of the heart’s rhythm when the heart pumps blood compare diastoleWord Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek sustolē, from sustellein ‘to contract’.
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