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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Systaltic

Sus-tāl'tic, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. systalticus, Gr. συσταλτικός, from συστέλλειν, to draw together, to moderate, from σύν, together, and στέλλειν, to place, bring together.] Mournful; affecting;—said of a species of music among the Greeks. Busby.

Sys-tăl'tic, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. συστέλλειν, to draw together.] (Physiol.) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.