Associations to the word «Diastole»
Noun
- Atrium
- Contraction
- Relaxation
- Artery
- Valve
- Filling
- Doppler
- Stiffness
- Heartbeat
- Pulse
- Pumping
- Blood
- Pressure
- Physiology
- Fill
- Flow
- Cycle
- Heart
- Pump
- Velocity
- Phase
- Muscle
- Ai
- Snail
- Vein
- Decrease
- Closure
- Harvey
- Motion
- Volume
- Stroke
- Beginning
- Wave
- Chamber
- Left
- Contract
- Mm
- Increase
- Drop
- Mechanism
- Failure
- End
- Open
- Vessel
- Right
- Amount
- Period
- Cause
- Rate
- Wall
- Length
- Result
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
DIASTOLE, noun. (chiefly uncountable) (physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process.
DIASTOLE, noun. (uncountable) (prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.
DIASTOLE, noun. (Greek grammar) Alternative term for hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek.
Dictionary definition
DIASTOLE, noun. The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood.
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