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7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
originBorrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek συστολή (sustolḗ), from συστέλλω (sustéllō, “to contract”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to send”).
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