Diastole

Definition:

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

Compare diastole with other words:

diastole vs. diastyle

diastole vs. hypodiastole

diastole vs. synizesis

diastole vs. synecphonesis

diastole vs. synaeresis

caesura vs. diastole

diastole vs. diastolic

diastole vs. ectasis

diastole vs. heart

diastole vs. dilation

diastole vs. relaxation

diastole vs. systole