systole.
The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
Meaning & usage
The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).
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