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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
systolic
    adj 1: of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Systolic \Sys*tol"ic\, a.
   Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting;
   esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic
   murmur. --Dunglison.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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