1. The shortening of a long syllable; the contraction of the heart and arteries for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• systume,
• systme,
• syste,
• systime,
• syston,
• sysbol,
• sytle,
• systolc,
• systle,
• systom,
• systles,
• cystocle,
• cystolth,
• sytole,
• sympolce,
• systols,
• systolle,
• systolee,
• cystole,
• sistole

• systolic.

The adjective form of the word "systole" is "systolic".

The plural of the "systole" can be the "systoles".

The singular of the "systole" can be the "systole".