systole

Concepts

systole

Opposite of

diastole

Translations

sistole

sistol

systole

sístole

Systole

sístole

kasılma

sístole

συστολή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sis.tɔl/

Etymology

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