| asystole | (noun) absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death | Synonyms: cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest |
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| atole | (noun) eaten as mush or as a thin gruel | - |
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| citole | (noun) a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings | Synonyms: cither, cithern, cittern, gittern |
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| diastole | (noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
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| extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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| stole | (noun) a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women | - |
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| systole | (noun) the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery | - |
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| tole | (noun) enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century | - |
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