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DIASTOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("diastole" is a kind of...):
beat; heartbeat; pulsation; pulse (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart)
Derivation:
diastolic (of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole)
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