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systolic

/sɪstˈɔlɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
sys-tolic
IPA
/sɪstˈɔlɪk/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction

adj

Relating to a systolic array

adj

Relating to the mathematical concept of a systole

noun

Ellipsis of systolic blood pressure.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English systole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English systolic From systole + -ic.

Usage

Inflected Forms

systolics (plural)

Derived Forms

asystolic endosystolic holosystolic intersystolic midsystolic nonsystolic pansystolic parasystolic postsystolic presystolic suprasystolic systolically

Phrases

systolic array systolic blood pressure

Frequently Paired Words

diastolic

Rhymes With

hydraulic apostolic wallick pawlik gawlik paulick alcoholic symbolic metabolic hyperbolic parabolic anabolic

Questions

How do you pronounce systolic?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪstˈɔlɪk/.
What does systolic mean?
Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction
Where does systolic come from?
Etymology tree English systole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English systolic From systole + -ic.

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