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)

• termors
• terms
• terms of reference
• terms of trade
• term-time
• term-times
• tern
• ternal
• ternaries
• ternary
• ternary form
• ternary forms
• ternate
• ternately
• terne
• synecological
• synecologically
• synecologies
• synecologist
• synecologists
• synecology
• synecphoneses
• synecphonesis
• synectic
• synectically