Term: systole: the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: southern red oak: large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: blue sky law: a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: entirety: the state of being total and complete
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: vangueria: tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: draw: the act of drawing or hauling something
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: white ash: spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: episcopate: the term of office of a bishop
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: tobacco mosaic virus: the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: coronary heart disease: a heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart
Broader: pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | Unrelated: no man's land: land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)