systaltic

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sys·tal·tic

(sĭ-stôl′tĭk, -stăl′-)

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

(sɪˈstæltɪk)

adj

(Physiology) (esp of the action of the heart) of, relating to, or characterized by alternate contractions and dilations; pulsating

[C17: from Late Latin systalticus, from Greek sustaltikos, from sustellein to contract, from syn- + stellein to place]

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sys•tal•tic

(sɪˈstɔl tɪk, -ˈstæl-)

adj.

rhythmically contracting, as the heart.

[1670–80; < Late Latin systalticus < Greek systaltikós, derivative of systéllein to contract; see systole]

Translations

systaltic

a. sistáltico-a, que alterna contracciones y dilataciones.

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