Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Separation of normally joined anatomical parts, as of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy.
- noun The last stage of diastole in the heart, occurring just before contraction and during which little additional blood enters the ventricle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Forcible separation of bones without fracture, as the result of external mechanical injury or direct violence; dislocation; luxation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) A forcible separation of bones without fracture.
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- noun medicine a separation between two parts of a
bone , withoutfracture
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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SEPARATION OF EPIPHYSES [1] [1] We do not employ the term "diastasis," which has been used in different senses by different writers.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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And Elise Gulan reminds all women that you need to see your doc before you start a real fitness plan of any kind, and one of the things she should check for is diastasis recti stretching of the midline of the ab muscles.
The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011
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Contributing Factors: The abdominal diastasis is simply a separation of the right and left sides of the front abdominal muscles rectus abdominus from their central attachment.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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Solutions: In most cases the diastasis will resolve over time after the baby is born.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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Contributing Factors: The abdominal diastasis is simply a separation of the right and left sides of the front abdominal muscles rectus abdominus from their central attachment.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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And Elise Gulan reminds all women that you need to see your doc before you start a real fitness plan of any kind, and one of the things she should check for is diastasis recti stretching of the midline of the ab muscles.
The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011
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Solutions: In most cases the diastasis will resolve over time after the baby is born.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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In the postpartum period, your abdominal muscles require exercise to recover their former shape and strength while avoiding further separation or diastasis see page 341.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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In the postpartum period, your abdominal muscles require exercise to recover their former shape and strength while avoiding further separation or diastasis see page 341.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Sometimes the epiphysis is displaced, and sometimes there is displacement (diastasis) of the one bone from the other.
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