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Definition of systole noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

systole

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