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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diastole \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diastole n : the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
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