diastole

Meaning of diastole

noun
  1. The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process.
  2. The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.
  3. (Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek.

Information about diastole

Hyphenation of diastole

di-as-tole

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • diastole is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

diastole synonyms

Meaning :

ectasis

diastole antonyms

Meaning :

systole

Anagrams of diastole

isolated, sodalite, solidate

Words that rhyme with diastole

tole, Anatole, acetylskatole, atole, scatole, skatole, aminophenetole, azodiphenetole, azophenetole, azoxyphenetole, bromophenetole, butylphenetole, chlorophenetole, diaminophenetole, dichlorophenetole, dimethoxyphenetole, dinitrophenetole, ethoxyphenetole, ethylphenetole, fluorophenetole, hydroxyphenetole, iodophenetole, isopropylphenetole, ketole, methoxyphenetole, methylphenetole, nitrophenetole, nitrosophenetole, pentanitrophenetole, phenetole, phenylphenetole, piperidinophenetole, pyrrolidinylphenetole, sulfonyldiphenetole, tetrachlorophenetole, tetrafluorophenetole, thiodiphenetole, trichlorophenetole, triisopropylphenetole, trinitrophenetole, vinylphenetole, citole, gravitole, quintole, eucalyptole, mercaptole, septole, quartole, anastole, asystole

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