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systole

noun/ˈsɪstəli/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The phase of the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract and eject blood.

The murmur occupied the whole of systole, obscuring the first heart sound.

Topic: Cardiology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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