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systoles

systoles is the plural of systole.

Meaning of systole

Noun

systole (countable and uncountable, plural systoles)

  1. The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
    • […] 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.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. […]...
  2. (rhetoric) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
  3. The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
  4. The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.

Questions about systoles

What is systoles the plural of?
Systoles is the plural of systole.

Words near systoles in the dictionary

  1. systems-on-chip
  2. systemswide
  3. systemwide
  4. systemwise
  5. systole
  6. systoles
  7. systolic
  8. systolic array
  9. systolic arrays
  10. systolic blood pressure
  11. systolic blood pressures

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