Meaning of DIASTOLE
| Pronunciation: | | dI'as`tlee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood |
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| | See Also: | | beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse | |
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| | Definition: | |  Diastole
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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