Usually means: Contraction phase of heart cycle.
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  1. peristole: Wordnik
  2. peristole: Wiktionary
  3. Peristole, peristole: Dictionary.com
  4. Peristole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. Peristole: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. peristole: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Peristole: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. peristole: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

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  2. peristole: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (biology) peristaltic action, especially of the intestines

Similar:
peristaltism, enterokinesis, intestine, peritectomy, stenochoria, peritonealization, omentum, peritrochium, enteroanastomosis, prootic, more...

Opposite:
diastole, relaxation

Types:
atrial, ventricular, aortic, pulmonary, mitral, tricuspid, more...

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Similar:
peristaltism, enterokinesis, intestine, peritectomy, stenochoria, peritonealization, omentum, peritrochium, enteroanastomosis, prootic, more...

Opposite:
diastole, relaxation

Types:
atrial, ventricular, aortic, pulmonary, mitral, tricuspid, more...



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