systole

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
2. A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
3. The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
4. The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.

Έννοιες

συστολή

Συνώνυμα

contraction

shrinkage

bashfulness

shyness

myocardia

coyness

constraint

Μεταφράσεις

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kalp kasılması

miocardia

yürekle damarların kasılması

sistol

الإنقباض

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɪstəli/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).