diastole

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
diastole
    n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two
         contractions when the chambers fill with blood
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Diastole \Di*as"to*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to put asunder,
   to separate; dia` through + ? to set, to place.]
   1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the
      heart and arteries; -- correlative to {systole}, or
      contraction.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is
      made long.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "diastole":
      arsis, beat, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, bout,
      circle, circuit, course, cycle, dilatation, dilation, distension,
      downbeat, dropsy, edema, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, gassiness,
      inflation, intumescence, meteorism, puff, puffiness, puffing,
      pulse, revolution, rotation, round, series, spell, stretching,
      swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, systole, thesis,
      tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, turgescence,
      turgidity, turgidness, turn, tympanism, tympany, upbeat, wheel,
      windiness
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