presystolic
English
Etymology
pre- + systolic
Adjective
presystolic (not comparable)
- (physiology) Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart.
- the presystolic friction sound
Coordinate terms
- holosystolic
- pansystolic
- midsystolic
- postsystolic
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for presystolic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)