perisystole

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noun

The brief interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.

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Meanings

nounperisystole (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe brief interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.

    And so, borrowing cards of membership of the Lanchap Turf Club, they had gone, the four of them, to sit in a dilatation of hope, a contraction of despair, a perisystole of speculation.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 127

Origin

From peri- + systole.

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APA

perisystole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perisystole

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“perisystole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perisystole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perisystole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perisystole.

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