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Diastolic

Diastolic \Di`as*tol"ic\, a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to diastole.

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diastolic

a. Pertaining to a diastole.

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diastolic

adj. of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole

Usage examples of "diastolic".

The Japanese professor's diastolic expansion was decidedly irregular, maybe even pathological.

He explained how he had cajoled his family physician into falsifying his medical history and providing him with a new drug that would prevent the occur­rence of his diastolic irregularity during the two days of his physical at Heidelberg.

Heart patients could have problems, even though cannabis generally relieves stress, dilates the arteries, and in general lowers the diastolic pressure.

The smaller figure is known as diastolic blood pressure, and represents the pressure inside the artery between contractions.

As the air pressure drained off more, he heard the rebound sound indicating the diastolic pressure.