systole

See also: Systole

English

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪstəli/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: sisterly (non-rhotic)

Noun

systole (plural systoles)

1. (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
   • 1653, William Harvey, “The Causes which Mov’d the Author to Write”, in [anonymous], transl., The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey […] Concerning the Motion of the Heart and Blood. […], London: […] Francis Leach, for Richard Lownes […], →OCLC, pages 1–2:

     […] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence.

   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 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.
3. (mathematics) The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.

Antonyms

• diastole

Hypernyms

• (prosody): metaplasm

Derived terms

• asystole
• systolic

Translations

contraction of the heart

• Arabic: اِنْقِبَاض m (inqibāḍ)
• Catalan: sístole (ca) f
• Dutch: systole (nl) f
• Galician: sístole (gl) f
• Georgian: სისტოლა (ka) (sisṭola)
• German: Systole (de) f
• Greek: συστολή (el) f (systolí)
• Hungarian: szisztolé (hu)
• Irish: croíchrapadh m
• Portuguese: sístole (pt) f
• Russian: систола (ru) (sistola)
• Spanish: sístole (es) f
• Swedish: systole (sv)
• Welsh: hwrdd y galon m

Anagrams

• tolseys, toyless, tyloses

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪsˈtoː.lə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

systole f (plural systoles)

1. (physiology) systole

Antonyms

• diastole

Finnish

Etymology

Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsystole(ː)/, [ˈs̠ys̠to̞le̞(ː)]
• Rhymes: -ystole
• Syllabification^(key): sys‧to‧le

Noun

systole

1. (medicine) Synonym of supistumisvaihe

Declension

Inflection of systole (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		systole	systolet
genitive		systolen	systolejen
partitive		systolea	systoleja
illative		systoleen	systoleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		systole	systolet
accusative	nom.	systole	systolet
	gen.	systolen
genitive		systolen	systolejen systolein rare
partitive		systolea	systoleja
inessive		systolessa	systoleissa
elative		systolesta	systoleista
illative		systoleen	systoleihin
adessive		systolella	systoleilla
ablative		systolelta	systoleilta
allative		systolelle	systoleille
essive		systolena	systoleina
translative		systoleksi	systoleiksi
abessive		systoletta	systoleitta
instructive		—	systolein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of systole (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative systoleni systoleni accusative nom. systoleni systoleni gen. systoleni genitive systoleni systolejeni systoleini rare partitive systoleani systolejani inessive systolessani systoleissani elative systolestani systoleistani illative systoleeni systoleihini adessive systolellani systoleillani ablative systoleltani systoleiltani allative systolelleni systoleilleni essive systolenani systoleinani translative systolekseni systoleikseni abessive systolettani systoleittani instructive — — comitative — systoleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative systolesi systolesi accusative nom. systolesi systolesi gen. systolesi genitive systolesi systolejesi systoleisi rare partitive systoleasi systolejasi inessive systolessasi systoleissasi elative systolestasi systoleistasi illative systoleesi systoleihisi adessive systolellasi systoleillasi ablative systoleltasi systoleiltasi allative systolellesi systoleillesi essive systolenasi systoleinasi translative systoleksesi systoleiksesi abessive systolettasi systoleittasi instructive — — comitative — systoleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative systolemme systolemme accusative nom. systolemme systolemme gen. systolemme genitive systolemme systolejemme systoleimme rare partitive systoleamme systolejamme inessive systolessamme systoleissamme elative systolestamme systoleistamme illative systoleemme systoleihimme adessive systolellamme systoleillamme ablative systoleltamme systoleiltamme allative systolellemme systoleillemme essive systolenamme systoleinamme translative systoleksemme systoleiksemme abessive systolettamme systoleittamme instructive — — comitative — systoleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative systolenne systolenne accusative nom. systolenne systolenne gen. systolenne genitive systolenne systolejenne systoleinne rare partitive systoleanne systolejanne inessive systolessanne systoleissanne elative systolestanne systoleistanne illative systoleenne systoleihinne adessive systolellanne systoleillanne ablative systoleltanne systoleiltanne allative systolellenne systoleillenne essive systolenanne systoleinanne translative systoleksenne systoleiksenne abessive systolettanne systoleittanne instructive — — comitative — systoleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative systolensa systolensa accusative nom. systolensa systolensa gen. systolensa genitive systolensa systolejensa systoleinsa rare partitive systoleaan systoleansa systolejaan systolejansa inessive systolessaan systolessansa systoleissaan systoleissansa elative systolestaan systolestansa systoleistaan systoleistansa illative systoleensa systoleihinsa adessive systolellaan systolellansa systoleillaan systoleillansa ablative systoleltaan systoleltansa systoleiltaan systoleiltansa allative systolelleen systolellensa systoleilleen systoleillensa essive systolenaan systolenansa systoleinaan systoleinansa translative systolekseen systoleksensa systoleikseen systoleiksensa abessive systolettaan systolettansa systoleittaan systoleittansa instructive — — comitative — systoleineen systoleinensa

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sis.tɔl/

• Audio:

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Noun

systole f (plural systoles)

1. (physiology) systole

   Antonym: diastole

Further reading

• “systole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.