SYSTALTIC
\sɪstˈaltɪk], \sɪstˈaltɪk], \s_ɪ_s_t_ˈa_l_t_ɪ_k]\
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Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
By Oddity Software
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Contracting.
By William R. Warner
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sis-tal'tik, adj. alternately contracting and dilating, pulsatory. [Gr. systaltikos--syn, together, stellein, to place.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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Alternately contracting and dilating.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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