systol-, -systole, -systolic, -stole
(Greek > Latin: contraction; to draw together)
bradydiastole
Prolongation of the diastole (time in between ventricular, or muscular chambers, contractions) of the heart.
diastole
diastolic
A premature contraction of the heart, resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia: When someone experiences an extrasystole, he or she is having a heartbeat beyond the normal rhythm
which often occurs in normal individuals.
hypodiastole
hyposystole
peridiastole
The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.
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