Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun systole

1 sense of systole

Sense 1
systole -- (the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery)
       => pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat -- (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart")