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systolic

[ si-stol-ik ]

adjective

  1. (of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p··ٴDZi adjective
  • Dzȴ·ٴDZi adjective
  • ȴ·ٴDZi adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of systolic1

First recorded in 1685–95; systole + -ic
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On Oct.12, Plasencia injected Perry with a "large dose" that led the actor to experience an "adverse medical reaction," spiking his systolic blood pressure.

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In this study, the patch was tested on 36 healthy volunteers for its ability to measure blood flow velocities -- peak systolic, mean flow and end diastolic velocities -- in the brain's major arteries.

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Six children had systolic heart failure caused by a disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle becomes enlarged and weakened and does not pump correctly.

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This means that the heart can still pump out more than 50 percent of the volume in the left chamber of the heart, known as preserved left ventricular systolic function.

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Blood pressure in premenopausal human and mouse females is typically 10 points lower in both diastolic and systolic pressure than in males.

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