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perisystole

perisystole noun: the brief interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.

Noun

perisystole (uncountable)

  1. The brief interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.
    • And so, borrowing cards of membership of the Lanchap Turf Club, they had gone, the four of them, to sit in a dilatation of hope, a contraction of despair, a perisystole of speculation.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 127

Origin of perisystole

From peri- + systole.

Words formed from perisystole

Questions about perisystole

What does perisystole mean?
Perisystole means the brief interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.
What part of speech is perisystole?
Perisystole is a noun.

Words near perisystole in the dictionary

  1. perisympathetic
  2. perisynaptic
  3. perisynaptically
  4. perisynovial
  5. perisynovitis
  6. perisystole
  7. perisystolic
  8. peritalar
  9. perite
  10. peritectic
  11. peritectically

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