- systolic
- adjective see systole
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Systolic — Sys*tol ic, a. Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
systolic — (adj.) 1690s, from Mod.L. systolicus, from systole (see SYSTOLE (Cf. systole)) … Etymology dictionary
Systolic — The blood pressure when the heart is contracting. It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. The time at which ventricular contraction occurs is called systole. In a blood pressure… … Medical dictionary
systolic — systole ► NOUN ▪ the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood into the arteries. Often contrasted with DIASTOLE(Cf. ↑diastolic). DERIVATIVES systolic adjective. ORIGIN Greek sustol , from sustellein to contract … English terms dictionary
systolic blood pressure — n the highest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring immediately after systole of the left ventricle of the heart called also systolic pressure compare DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE … Medical dictionary
Systolic geometry — In mathematics, systolic geometry is the study of systolic invariants of manifolds and polyhedra, as initially conceived by Charles Loewner, and developed by Mikhail Gromov and others, in its arithmetic, ergodic, and topological manifestations.… … Wikipedia
Systolic array — In computer architecture, a systolic array is a pipe network arrangement of processing units called cells. It is a specialized form of parallel computing, where cells ( i.e. processors), compute data and store it independently of each other.… … Wikipedia
Systolic hypertension — In medicine, systolic hypertension is defined as an elevated systolic blood pressure. If systolic blood pressure is elevated with a normal diastolic blood pressure, it is called isolated systolic hypertension. Systolic hypertension may be due to… … Wikipedia
systolic murmur — a cardiac murmur occurring during systole; usually due to mitral or tricuspid regurgitation or to aortic or pulmonary obstruction. These are often distinguished as either ejection or regurgitant murmurs, and on the basis of cardiac cycle timing,… … Medical dictionary
systolic pressure — see blood pressure * * * systolic blood pressure see blood p … Medical dictionary
systolic heart failure — heart failure due to a defect in expulsion of blood that is caused by an abnormality in systolic function … Medical dictionary
