Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or produced by diastole.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to diastole.

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  • adjective Pertaining to a diastole.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole

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Examples

  • The bottom blood pressure number is referred to as diastolic, a word whose meaning is unknown even to trained physicians.

    Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007

  • The bottom blood pressure number is referred to as diastolic, a word whose meaning is unknown even to trained physicians.

    Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007

  • The bottom blood pressure number is referred to as diastolic, a word whose meaning is unknown even to trained physicians.

    Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007

  • The bottom blood pressure number is referred to as diastolic, a word whose meaning is unknown even to trained physicians.

    Race You to the Fountain of Youth Martha Bolton 2007

  • Malignant hypertension is defined as a diastolic blood pressure of 120 mmHg or having evidence of acute organ damage such as swelling in the back of the eye.

    CNN.com 2011

  • The upper or first number in a blood pressure reading is the systolic pressure and the lower or second number is called the diastolic pressure.

    WN.com - Articles related to Hypertension study reveals benefits of online tracking 2010

  • The upper or first number in a blood pressure reading is the systolic pressure and the lower or second number is called the diastolic pressure.

    WN.com - Articles related to Detained Salvadoran wanted in Cuba: Chavez 2010

  • The research team looked in particular at a condition called diastolic dysfunction.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • WASHINGTON, DC (HealthDay News) -- Elderly people suffering from a type of heart disease called diastolic heart failure do not seem to benefit from the commonly prescribed heart failure drugs, researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles report.

    WUSA-TV - Vodcasts 2009

  • There's another type, called diastolic heart failure.

    unknown title 2009

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