Systole

What do we mean by systole?

The rhythmic contraction of the heart, especially of the ventricles, by which blood is driven through the aorta and pulmonary artery after each dilation or diastole. noun

In anc. orthoëpy and prosody: Pronunciation of a vowel as short. noun

The shortening of a vowel or syllable, especially of one usually treated as a long; correption: opposed to diastole or ectasis. noun

In physiology, the contraction of the heart and arteries for propelling the blood and thus carrying on the circulation. noun

The contraction of the pulsatile vesicles of infusorians and other protozoans. noun

capitalized In entomology, a genus of hymenopterous insects. noun

The shortening of the long syllable. noun

The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; also, the contraction of a rhythmically pulsating contractile vacuole; -- correlative to diastole. noun

The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries. noun

A shortening of a naturally long vowel. noun

The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery noun

The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.

A shortening of a naturally long vowel.

Words that are spelled similarly to systole:
systole, asystole, systyle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word systole:
diastole, ventricle, mitral, atria, ventricular, systolic, diastolic, atrial, regurgitation, aorta, aortic, murmur, contraction, atrium, ejection, pulmonary, cardiac, valve, venous, coronary, valves, arteries, artery, closes, metric, filling, lungs, veins, calcium, blood, muscle, rises, pressure, node, fraction, heart, volume, attained, increases, electrical, flow, opens, stroke, decreased, equality, drives, valid, phase, cycle, constant, loop, wave, bound, cells, output, right, occurs, begins, rapidly, flows, left, normal, defined, ends, length, allows, contract, falls, increased, increasing, close, amount, wall, surface, approximately, open, rate, typically, cause, greater, least.

Words that rhyme with systole:
dust hole, rust hole, us toll.

Adjectives that are often used to describe systole:
early, late, end, cardiac, atrial, extra, auricular, premature, left, ventricular, right, next, peak, electrical, mechanical, normal, electromechanical, total, isovolumic, manual, prolonged, entire, arterial, previous, forceful, subsequent, weak, regular, mid, timed, antral, eternal, electric, alternate, occasional, vigorous, artificial, perpetual, isovolumetric, shortened, incomplete, shorter, forcible, aortic, stronger, ineffectual, rial, physiological, drawn, diastole, rhythmic, complicated, mighty, unassisted, swift, rhythmical, imperfect, cosmic, ineffective, feeble, beneficent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective systole:
diastole, results, blood, proceeds, increases, pressure, period, figure, relative, contraction, phase, averages, ends, times.

Consonant match to systole:
systyle, sauce still, saw still, say still, so still.

Words that sound like systole:
systole, sisto, asystole, sesto, susto, sista, cecile, sissel, scissile, sisel, cista, pistole, settle, subtle, suttle, sessile, setal, cesta, sessel, sextile, sesta, sestos, susta, setl, system, stole, sizzle, seattle, cyst, cist, sist, cecil, sistine, stoll, cystic, syst, stol, cysts, sisal, sattel, satle, systeme, siddle, cysteine, cists, siskel, seced, cital, satel, sottile, stohl, sitel, sutile, westall, cistic, sasta, cystine, sawtelle, sutil, ccl, cicio, sasol, sociol, scissortail, skatole, sydel, cytol, sistan, scytale, singtel, west hall, pistol, hostile, hostel, extol, distill, pistil, distal, histo, hostil, distil, extoll, shit hole, pistel, distel, mistel, zittel, wastel, mistal, fistule, hastile, high style, pistool, fistel, mistell, cental, centile, cess pool, cessed, ceso.