What does diastole mean?
Definitions for diastole
daɪˈæs tlˌi, -tl idi·as·tole
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Princeton's WordNet
diastolenoun
the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
Wiktionary
diastolenoun
The relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood.
diastolenoun
To lengthen a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.
Etymology: From διαστολή, from διά + στέλλειν.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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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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
Diastolenoun
the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction
Diastolenoun
a figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long
Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to put asunder, to separate; dia` through + to set, to place.]
Wikidata
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
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. diastolē—dia, asunder, and stellein, to place.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Diastole
Post-systolic relaxation of the HEART, especially the HEART VENTRICLES.
Entomology
Diastole
that regular expansion of the heart that draws the blood inward: see systole.
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isolated
sodalite
solidate
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of diastole in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of diastole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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