diastole
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diastole /dʌɪˈastəli/
▶noun Physiology the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood. Often contrasted with systole.
– derivatives
diastolic adjective.
diastolic adjective.
– origin C16: via late L. from Gk, ‘separation, expansion’.
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