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Diastole

Diastole Meaning & Definition
Diastole Definition And Meaning

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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