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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The interval of time between the cardiac systole and diastole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
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- noun physiology The interval between the
diastole andsystole of theheart .
Etymologies
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peri- + systole
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