Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Diastole

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Diastole


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(1):

(n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.

(2):

(n.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.