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Etymology edit

systolic +‎ -ally

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systolically (comparative more systolically, superlative most systolically)

  1. In a systolic manner.
    • 2009, Ares Pasipoularides, Heart's Vortex: Intracardiac Blood Flow Phenomena[1]:
      In the ensuing diastole, these arteries would tend to retract, thus “thinning” the systolically thickened chamber walls.