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Definition of 'diastole'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) diastole
the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.

Etymology: (1570–80; < LL diastolē < Gk diastolē a putting asunder)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) diastole
the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) diastole
the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction

2. (noun) diastole
a figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long

Definition of 'diastole'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. diastole
Post-systolic relaxation of the HEART, especially the HEART VENTRICLES.

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