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Definition of: systaltic
(sis·tal′tik) adjective Physiol.
Alternately contracting and dilating: the systaltic motion of the heart; pulsatory. Compare PERISTALSIS. [<LL systalticus <Gk. systaltikos depressing <systellein draw together <syn- together + stellein send]
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