German

Noun

Systole f ‎(genitive Systole, plural Systolen)

1. (physiology) systole

Declension

Antonyms

• Diastole

English

The diastole (filling) and systole (pumping) processes of a healthy human heart

Noun

systole ‎(plural systoles)

1. (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, pp. 78-9:

     A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.

   • 1974, Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament:

     There is no essential virtue in comfort. To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process of systole and diastole. Relaxation comes between phases of tenseness.

2. (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.

Antonyms

• diastole

Hypernyms

• (prosody): metaplasm

Derived terms

• asystole
• systolic

Translations

Anagrams

• tyloses

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪsˈtoː.lə/

Etymology

From French systole, from Ancient Greek συστολή ‎(sustolḗ), from συστέλλω ‎(sustéllō, “to contract”).

Noun

systole f ‎(plural systoles)

1. (physiology) systole

Antonyms

• diastole

French

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή ‎(sustolḗ), from συστέλλειν ‎(sustéllein, “to contract”), from σύν ‎(sún, “together”) + στέλλειν ‎(stéllein, “send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sistɔl/

Noun

systole f ‎(plural systoles)

1. (physiology) systole

Antonyms

• diastole