Definition of Diastale
||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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (physiology) The relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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