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diastole
/daɪˈæstəˌli/
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What does diastole mean?
noun
- 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.
- The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.
- The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek.
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/daɪˈæstəˌli/
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He knew that the pulsatile force was resident in the walls of the heart and in the arteries, and he knew that the expansion, or diastole, drew blood into its cavities, and that the systole forced blood out.