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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sys·to·le /ˈsɪstə(ˌ)li/
 心臟收縮

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 sys·to·le /ˈsɪstə(ˌ)lɪ/ 名詞
 收縮(期),收縮(期)的,心縮期,收縮期

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sys·to·le n.
 1. Gram. The shortening of the long syllable.
 2. Physiol. & Biol. The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; also, the contraction of a rhythmically pulsating contractile vacuole; -- correlative to diastole. -- Sys*tol*ic a.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 systole
      n : the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the
          ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary
          artery