systole

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.

   “[…] 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.”

2. isim A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
3. isim The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
4. isim The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.