systole
See also: Systole
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsystole (plural systoles)
- (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
- 1653, William Harvey, “The Causes which Mov’d the Author to Write”, in [anonymous], transl., The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey […] Concerning the Motion of the Heart and Blood. […], London: […] Francis Leach, for Richard Lownes […], →OCLC, pages 1–2:
- […] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 78–9:
- 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.
- 1974, Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament:
- 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.
- (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
- (mathematics) The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
Antonyms
editHypernyms
edit- (prosody): metaplasm
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcontraction of the heart
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Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom French systole, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsystole f (plural systoles)
Antonyms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editAncient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsystole
- (medicine) Synonym of supistumisvaihe
Declension
editInflection of systole (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | systole | systolet | |
genitive | systolen | systolejen | |
partitive | systolea | systoleja | |
illative | systoleen | systoleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | systole | systolet | |
accusative | nom. | systole | systolet |
gen. | systolen | ||
genitive | systolen | systolejen systolein rare | |
partitive | systolea | systoleja | |
inessive | systolessa | systoleissa | |
elative | systolesta | systoleista | |
illative | systoleen | systoleihin | |
adessive | systolella | systoleilla | |
ablative | systolelta | systoleilta | |
allative | systolelle | systoleille | |
essive | systolena | systoleina | |
translative | systoleksi | systoleiksi | |
abessive | systoletta | systoleitta | |
instructive | — | systolein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsystole f (plural systoles)
- (physiology) systole
- Antonym: diastole
Further reading
edit- “systole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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