noun
- the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
Usage: medical
Examples
- During systole, the heart pushes blood into the circulatory system.
- The doctor measured both systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
- Systole is followed by diastole in the cardiac cycle.
- The ventricles contract during systole to pump blood out of the heart.
- Heart murmurs can sometimes be heard during systole.
- The systolic pressure reading was higher than normal.