systole

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

contraction

shrinkage

bashfulness

shyness

myocardia

coyness

constraint

Translations

sístole

Systole

systole

sistole

sístole

systole

sístole

συστολή

kalp kasılması

miocardia

yürekle damarların kasılması

sistol

الإنقباض

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪstəli/

Etymology

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