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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physiology, obsolete The almost
inappreciable time whichelapses between thesystole and thediastole of theheart .
Etymologies
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peri- + diastole
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