Diastolic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 490 anagrams from letters in diastolic (acdiilost).
First recorded in 1685-95; diastole + -ic
There has been some dispute as to the place where the diastolic pressure should be read.
On the contrary, vasoconstriction causes a rise in diastolic pressure and a fall in pulse pressure.
The minimum pressure in the artery, the pressure at the end of diastole, is called the diastolic pressure.
For convenience, this may be said to be the arithmetical mean of the systolic and diastolic pressures.
Korotkov considered that the diastolic pressure should be read at the fourth phase when the loud tone suddenly becomes dulled.
In a rapidly beating heart the diastole is short and the diastolic pressure rises.
Usually there is no difficulty in determining the diastolic pressure.
We know that when the pulse rate is constant, vasodilatation causes a fall in diastolic pressure and a rise in pulse pressure.
The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures is known as the pulse pressure.
The diastolic pressure has been estimated to be about 35 to 45 mm.