systolic
(of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
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Origin of systolic
1Other words from systolic
- hy·per·sys·tol·ic, adjective
- post·sys·tol·ic, adjective
- pre·sys·tol·ic, adjective
- Compare diastolic.
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How to use systolic in a sentence
As a Harvard undergraduate, he used systolic blood pressure readings to invent the lie detector test.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a systolic murmur present and a slight impairment of the upper lobe of the right lung.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry | Bernard GlueckThe heart is often dilated, and on auscultation the systolic murmurs associated with that condition are heard.
To begin with negative facts: a mitral pre-systolic murmur is never significant of a degenerative lesion.
The Lettsomian Lectures 1900-1901 | J. Mitchell BruceIt is pulsatile, and a systolic bruit or a “thrilling” murmur may be heard over it.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
On palpation a systolic thrill may be detected, but the presence of a murmur is neither constant nor characteristic.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
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