diastole
pronunciation
How to pronounce diastole in British English:
UK [daɪˈæstəli]
How to pronounce diastole in American English:
US [daɪˈæstəli]
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- Noun:
- the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
Word Origin
- diastole (n.)
- 1570s, from medical Latin diastole, from Greek diastole "drawing asunder, dilation," from diastellein, from dia- "through, thoroughly, entirely" (see dia-) + stellein "to set in order, arrange, array, equip, make ready," from PIE *stel-yo-, suffixed form of root *stel- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place (see stall (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Evaluation of strain rate in different layers of left ventricular myocardium in early diastole using strain rate imaging .
- 2. Simulative experiment and analysis of the pressure on the coronary artery from systole to diastole .
- 3. The effect of " kvp " cardioplegic solution on diastole of ischemic hearts .
- 4. The heart is a motive organ , and can the whole life keep having the rhythm of shrink and diastole .
- 5. Doppler tissue imaging ( dti ) was used in diabetic patients to evaluate the influence of hyperglycemia to the structure , systole and diastole function of left ventricular .