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sys⋅tal⋅tic

  [si-stawl-tik, -stal-]
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–adjective Physiology.
1. rhythmically contracting.
2. of the nature of contraction.
3. characterized by alternate contraction and dilation, as the action of the heart.
Origin:
1670–80; < LL systalticus < Gk systaltikós, equiv. to systalt(ós) contracted, verbid of systéllein to put together (sy- sy- + stal-, var. s. of stéllein to place + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic
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sys·tal·tic   (sĭ-stôl'tĭk, -stāl'-)   
adj.  Alternately contracting and dilating, as the heart; pulsating.

[Late Latin systalticus, from Greek sustaltikos, from sustellein, to contract : sun-, syn- + stellein, to send; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
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systaltic sys·tal·tic (sĭ-stôl'tĭk, -stāl'-)
adj.
Alternately contracting and dilating, as the heart; pulsating.

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