SYSTALTIC
\sɪstˈaltɪk], \sɪstˈaltɪk], \s_ɪ_s_t_ˈa_l_t_ɪ_k]\
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Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
By Oddity Software
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Contracting.
By William R. Warner
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sis-tal'tik, adj. alternately contracting and dilating, pulsatory. [Gr. systaltikos--syn, together, stellein, to place.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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Alternately contracting and dilating.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).