systolic
[si-stol-ik]
- (of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
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Compare diastolic.
Origin of systolic
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The habit of speaking of any systolic figure as normal should be broken.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
At the aorta (A) the pressure (systolic) is approximately 150 mm.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
At the time of perforation the systolic pressure may be raised.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
Blood pressure consists of more than the estimation of the systolic pressure.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
A pressure picture may be normal but a systolic reading, whatever it may be, is not accurately designated as normal.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
Word Origin and History for systolic
adj.
1690s, from Modern Latin systolicus, from systole (see systole).
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systole
[sĭs′tə-lē]
- The period during the normal beating of the heart in which the chambers of the heart, especially the ventricles, contract to force blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery. Compare diastole.
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