About The Word Diastole
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Diastole
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What's The Definition Of Diastole?
[n] the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
Synonyms | Synonyms for Diastole: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diastole: arsis | beat | bloat | bloatedness | bloating | blowing up | bout | circle | circuit | course | cycle | dilatation | dilation | distension | downbeat | dropsy | edema | flatulence | flatulency | flatus | gassiness | inflation | intumescence | meteorism | puff | puffiness | puffing | pulse | revolution | rotation | round | series | spell | stretching | swell | swellage | swelling | swollenness | systole | thesis | tumefaction | tumescence | tumidity | tumidness | turgescence | turgidity | turgidness | turn | tympanism | tympany | upbeat | wheel | windiness See Also | beat | heartbeat | pulsation | pulse Diastole In Webster's Dictionary \Di*as"to*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to put asunder,
to separate; dia` through + ? to set, to place.]
1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the
heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or
contraction.
2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is
made long.
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