Definition of Systolic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole.

Partainyms: Systole

Definition of Systolic

1. a. Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.

Definition of Systolic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction. ¹

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Definition of Systolic

1. systole [adj] - See also: systole

Lexicographical Neighbors of Systolic

systems analyst
systems analysts
systems architecture
systems architectures
systems biology
systems design
systems engineering
systems program
systems science
systems sciences
systems software
systems theory
systemwide
systole
systoles
systolic (current term)
systolic blood pressure
systolic murmur
systolic pressure
systray
systyle
systyles
sythe
sythes
syver
syvers
syzygal
syzygetic
syzygial
syzygic

Literary usage of Systolic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"A pre-systolic thrill was felt near the apex of the heart in the fourth intercostal space. The area of cardiac dulness was greatly increased over both ..."

2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1899)
"I confess it was some time before I myself could recognize it as anything but, ventricular systolic, and even now I often learn its true significance only ..."

3. The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"(2) If the presence of a systolic aortic murmur is taken as presumptive evidence of stenosis ... AORTIC systolic MURMUR. This may be due to aortic stenosis, ..."

4. The Soldier's Heart and the Effort Syndrome by Thomas Lewis (1920)
"Aortic systolic murmurs.—Less frequent than the pulmonary systolic murmur, ... Almost all stenosis cases present a systolic murmur it is true ; but it is ..."

5. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"systolic AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE. SQUAD A. The records of the systolic and diastolic pressures and pulse pressure obtained between October 13 and ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases by Austin Flint (1859)
"Localization of systolic Murmurs.—In tracing an endocardial murmur to its source, the first point is to ascertain whether it be a systolic or a diastolic ..."

7. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1916)
"The difference between systolic and diastolic pressures, ie, ... This figure is obtained by subtracting the diastolic from the systolic pressure. ..."

8. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1909)
"The systolic Pressure.—The systolic pressure, as indicated by the ... This figure represents the difference between the systolic and the diastolic pressures ..."

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