Definitions for diastole

diastole di·as·to·le

Spelling: [dahy-as-tl-ee, -tl-ee]
IPA: /daɪˈæs tlˌi, -tl i/

Diastole is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 530 anagrams from letters in diastole (adeilost).

Definitions for diastole

noun

  1. Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood. Compare systole (def 1).
  2. Prosody. the lengthening of a syllable regularly short, especially before a pause or at the ictus.

Origin of diastole

1570-80; Late Latin diastolē Greek diastolḗ a putting asunder, dilation, lengthening; compare diastéllein to set apart, equivalent to dia- dia- + stéllein to put, plac

Examples for diastole

Systole and diastole, the contraction and dilation of the heart and arteries.

The great secular heart is now in its diastole, or relaxation.

The heart was found arrested in diastole, and the brain anmic.

The final diastole may be the diastole of paralysis or the diastole of irritation.

The diastole of paralysis is the most frequent form of death.

The systole of the heart means its contraction: the diastole of the heart means its dilatation.

The ding of her husband's cash register and the click of her dangle bag mark the systole and diastole of married life.

The minimum pressure in the artery, the pressure at the end of diastole, is called the diastolic pressure.

And so the bombast rolls, and one brags against the other like systole and diastole which balance each other in the same heart.

Systole, diastole, swift and ever swifter goes the Axe of Samson.

Word Value for diastole
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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