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systolic
[ si-stol-ik ]
adjective
- (of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
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Other Words From
- hyper·sys·tolic adjective
- postsys·tolic adjective
- presys·tolic adjective
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Example Sentences
As a Harvard undergraduate, he used systolic blood pressure readings to invent the lie detector test.
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There was a systolic murmur present and a slight impairment of the upper lobe of the right lung.
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The heart is often dilated, and on auscultation the systolic murmurs associated with that condition are heard.
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To begin with negative facts: a mitral pre-systolic murmur is never significant of a degenerative lesion.
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It is pulsatile, and a systolic bruit or a “thrilling” murmur may be heard over it.
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On palpation a systolic thrill may be detected, but the presence of a murmur is neither constant nor characteristic.
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