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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Systole (0.01658 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: systole
systole
n : the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the
ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary
artery
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Systole
Systole
\Sys"to*le\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to contract; sy`n
with + ? to set, place.]
1. (Gram.) The shortening of the long syllable.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Physiol. & Biol.) 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. --
Sys*tol"ic, a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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