sys·tal·tic (s -stôl tk, -st l-)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.] |
systaltic [sɪˈstæltɪk]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (esp of the action of the heart) of, relating to, or characterized by alternate contractions and dilations; pulsating
[from Late Latin systalticus, from Greek sustaltikos, from sustellein to contract, from syn- + stellein to place]
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