systole

systole

1. (lääketiede) sydämen supistumisvaihe

Synonyymisanakirja

systole

pulssi, pulsaatio, sydämensyke, syke, sydämenlyönti, sydämen lisäsykäys.

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ale, ginger ale, chippendale, kale, riekale, roikale, suikale, kekkale, vonkale, huiskale...

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Englannin sanakirja

systole englanniksi

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

2. 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, pp. 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.

3. 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.

4. puhekieltä A shortening of a naturally long vowel.

5. puhekieltä English systole

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