SYSTOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does systole mean? 

• SYSTOLE (noun)
  The noun SYSTOLE has 1 sense:

1. the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

  Familiarity information: SYSTOLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYSTOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("systole" is a kind of...):

beat; heartbeat; pulsation; pulse (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "systole"):

extrasystole (a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia)

 Context examples 

Imaged ventricular blood pool capacity within the endocardial surface in a gated scan during the time of systole.

(End Systolic Volume Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

The diameter across the ventricle at the end of systole, excluding the thickness of the walls.

(Left Ventricular Dimension at End-Systole, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The diameter across the left atrium measured at the end of systole.

(Left Atrium Dimension, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)