Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The brief interval of time which intervenes between the diastole and the succeeding systole of the heart.

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

  • noun (Physiol.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

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  • noun physiology, obsolete The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

Etymologies

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peri- +‎ diastole

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