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Word: Diastole
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek, ‘separation, expansion’, from diastellein, from dia ‘apart’ + stellein ‘to place’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪˈastəli
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.
Short Definition:phase of heartbeat when heart muscle relaxes and allows chambers to fill with blood
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