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diastole - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'diastole' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Diastole [ n.]
- The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.
- A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

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