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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 and systole of the heart.

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peri- +‎ systole

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