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Definitions for diastole
daɪˈæs tlˌi, -tl idi·as·tole

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diastolenoun

    the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood

Wiktionary

  1. diastolenoun

    The relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood.

  2. diastolenoun

    To lengthen a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.

  3. Etymology: From διαστολή, from διά + στέλλειν.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Diastolenoun

    Etymology: διαστοηὴ.

    The systole seems to resemble the forcible bending of a spring, and the diastole its flying out again to its natural state. John Ray, on the Creation.

Wikipedia

  1. Diastole

    Diastole ( dy-AST-ə-lee) is the relaxed phase of the cardiac cycle when the chambers of the heart are re-filling with blood. The contrasting phase is systole when the heart chambers are contracting. Atrial diastole is the relaxing of the atria, and ventricular diastole the relaxing of the ventricles. The term originates from the Greek word διαστολή (diastolē), meaning "dilation", from διά (diá, "apart") + στέλλειν (stéllein, "to send").

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  1. diastole

    Diastole is the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood. It is the part of the cardiac cycle that is opposite to the contraction phase, or systole. This period of relaxation and filling is crucial for maintaining the heart's function of pumping blood to the rest of the body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diastolenoun

    the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction

  2. Diastolenoun

    a figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long

  3. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to put asunder, to separate; dia` through + to set, to place.]

Wikidata

  1. Diastole

    Diastole is the period of time when the heart refills with blood after systole. Ventricular diastole is the period during which the ventricles are relaxing, while atrial diastole is the period during which the atria are relaxing. The term diastole originates from the Greek word διαστολη, meaning dilation.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Diastole

    dī-as′to-lē, n. dilation of the heart, auricles, and arteries—opp. to Systole, or contraction of the same: the protracting of a short syllable, as before a pause.—adj. Diastol′ic. [Gr. diastolēdia, asunder, and stellein, to place.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Diastole

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

Entomology

  1. Diastole

    that regular expansion of the heart that draws the blood inward: see systole.

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  1. isolated

  2. sodalite

  3. solidate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diastole in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diastole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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