What is the contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole called?
systole — (Physiol.) The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to diastole. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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