See Also: Diastole(medicine)
Diastole(health)
diastole(dictionary)
atrial diastole(medicine)
electrical diastole(medicine)
gastric diastole(medicine)
late diastole(medicine)
ventricular diastole(medicine)

diastole (iou)



diastole noun. L16.
[Late Latin from Greek = separation, expansion, dilatation, from diastellein, formed as DIA-1 + stellein put, place.]
Physiology. The phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes, dilates, and fills with blood. Formerly also, the expansion of the lungs in breathing. Opp. SYSTOLE. L16.
fig.: George Eliot There must be a systole and diastole in all inquiry.
Classical Prosody. The lengthening of a naturally short syllable. L16.
Greek Grammar. A mark (originally semicircular) used to indicate the separation of words, still occas. used in the form of a comma to distinguish a few confusable words. E18.
dia'stolic adjective L17.