systole /sisˈto-lē or -tə-lē/

1. Rhythmical contraction, esp of the heart, opp to diastole (physiology)
2. Collapse of the nucleus in mitosis
3. The shortening of a long syllable (grammar)

systolic /-tolˈik/ adjective

• plumbisms
• plumbisolvency
• plumbisolvent
• plumbite
• plumbites
• plumbless
• plumb line
• plumb lines
• plum-blossom
• plumbosolvency
• plumbosolvent
• plumbous
• plumb rule
• plumb rules
• plumbs
• plumbum
• plumbums
• plum-cake
• plum-colour
• plumcot
• plumcots
• plum curculio
• plumdamas
• psychotic
• psychoticism