# diastole
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daɪˈæstəli/
* Audio (Southern England):noicon(file)

### Noun

diastole (usually uncountable, plural diastoles)
* (chiefly uncountable, physiology) 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.
** 1653, William Harvey, “The Causes which Mov’d the Author to Write”, in [anonymous], transl., The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey […] Concerning the Motion of the Heart and Blood. […], London: […] Francis Leach, for Richard Lownes […], →OCLC, pages 1–2:[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence.
** 2005, Richard H. Vagelos, Rachel Marcus, J. Edwin Atwood, “35: Signs, Symptoms, and Laboratory Abnormalities in Cardiovascular Diseases”, in Robert M. Wachter, Lee Goldman, Harry Hollander, editors, Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition, page 309:In patients with rapid rates, diastole may be sufficiently shortened that the third and fourth heart sounds become superimposed and form a summation gallop.
** 2008, Jack H. Wilmore, David L. Costill, W. Larry Kenney, Physiology of Sport and Exercise, page 132:Of the total cardiac cycle at this rate, diastole accounts for 0.50 s, or 62% of the cycle, and systole accounts for 0.31 s, or 38%.
** 2011, Julian Maizel, Michel Slama, “9: Hermodynamic Evaluation in the Patient with Arrhythmias”, in Daniel de Backer, Bernard P. Cholley, Michel Slama, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Philippe Vignon, editors, Hemodynamic Monitoring Using Echocardiography in the Critically Ill, Springer, page 90:During a short cycle or premature contraction, LV ejection begins before pressure in the aorta has completely decreased, and it remains higher than with longer diastoles [4, 5].
* (uncountable, prosody) The lengthening of a vowel or syllable beyond its typical length.
** 1815 March and June, On the Greek and Latin Accents, The Classical Journal, Volume XI, page 81,
    I have inserted diastole which is omitted in Putschius, an insertion which both the complement, and the subsequent text make necessary.
** 1841, Gottfried Weber, Godfrey Weber′s General Music Teacher, page 115:[A]ccording to prosody, this syllable has the diastole and the stress, whereas the second of “cujus” or of “animam” has not.
** 2010, Jürgen Thym, Ann Clark Fehn, Of Poetry and Song: Approaches to the Nineteenth-Century Lied, page 46:Surely Goethe′s basic dichotomy of systole and diastole in the Divan poem […] .
* (Greek grammar) The hypodiastole, a textual or punctuation mark formerly used to disambiguate homonyms in Greek.

#### Synonyms

* (prosody): ectasis

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “physiology”): systole
* (antonym(s) of “prosody”): systole

#### Derived terms

* diastolic
* peridiastole
* protodiastole
* telediastole

#### See also

* (prosody): caesura, synaeresis, synecphonesis, synizesis

### Anagrams

* altoside, diolates, elastoid, isolated, sodalite, solidate

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diastole, from Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.aːˈstoː.lə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧as‧to‧le

### Noun

diastole f (plural diastoles)
* (physiology) diastole

#### Antonyms

* systole

#### Derived terms

* diastolisch

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiɑˌstole(ː)/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌs̠to̞le̞(ː)]
* Rhymes: -ole
* Hyphenation: dia‧stole, di‧as‧to‧le

### Noun

diastole
* (medicine) Synonym of lepovaihe (“diastole”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of diastole (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diastoleni
diastoleni
accusative
nom.
diastoleni
diastoleni
gen.
diastoleni
genitive
diastoleni
diastolejeni diastoleini $^{rare}$
partitive
diastoleani
diastolejani
inessive
diastolessani
diastoleissani
elative
diastolestani
diastoleistani
illative
diastoleeni
diastoleihini
adessive
diastolellani
diastoleillani
ablative
diastoleltani
diastoleiltani
allative
diastolelleni
diastoleilleni
essive
diastolenani
diastoleinani
translative
diastolekseni
diastoleikseni
abessive
diastolettani
diastoleittani
instructive
comitative
—diastoleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diastolesi
diastolesi
accusative
nom.
diastolesi
diastolesi
gen.
diastolesi
genitive
diastolesi
diastolejesi diastoleisi $^{rare}$
partitive
diastoleasi
diastolejasi
inessive
diastolessasi
diastoleissasi
elative
diastolestasi
diastoleistasi
illative
diastoleesi
diastoleihisi
adessive
diastolellasi
diastoleillasi
ablative
diastoleltasi
diastoleiltasi
allative
diastolellesi
diastoleillesi
essive
diastolenasi
diastoleinasi
translative
diastoleksesi
diastoleiksesi
abessive
diastolettasi
diastoleittasi
instructive
comitative
—diastoleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diastolemme
diastolemme
accusative
nom.
diastolemme
diastolemme
gen.
diastolemme
genitive
diastolemme
diastolejemme diastoleimme $^{rare}$
partitive
diastoleamme
diastolejamme
inessive
diastolessamme
diastoleissamme
elative
diastolestamme
diastoleistamme
illative
diastoleemme
diastoleihimme
adessive
diastolellamme
diastoleillamme
ablative
diastoleltamme
diastoleiltamme
allative
diastolellemme
diastoleillemme
essive
diastolenamme
diastoleinamme
translative
diastoleksemme
diastoleiksemme
abessive
diastolettamme
diastoleittamme
instructive
comitative
—diastoleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diastolenne
diastolenne
accusative
nom.
diastolenne
diastolenne
gen.
diastolenne
genitive
diastolenne
diastolejenne diastoleinne $^{rare}$
partitive
diastoleanne
diastolejanne
inessive
diastolessanne
diastoleissanne
elative
diastolestanne
diastoleistanne
illative
diastoleenne
diastoleihinne
adessive
diastolellanne
diastoleillanne
ablative
diastoleltanne
diastoleiltanne
allative
diastolellenne
diastoleillenne
essive
diastolenanne
diastoleinanne
translative
diastoleksenne
diastoleiksenne
abessive
diastolettanne
diastoleittanne
instructive
comitative
—diastoleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diastolensa
diastolensa
accusative
nom.
diastolensa
diastolensa
gen.
diastolensa
genitive
diastolensa
diastolejensa diastoleinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
diastoleaan diastoleansa
diastolejaan diastolejansa
inessive
diastolessaan diastolessansa
diastoleissaan diastoleissansa
elative
diastolestaan diastolestansa
diastoleistaan diastoleistansa
illative
diastoleensa
diastoleihinsa
adessive
diastolellaan diastolellansa
diastoleillaan diastoleillansa
ablative
diastoleltaan diastoleltansa
diastoleiltaan diastoleiltansa
allative
diastolelleen diastolellensa
diastoleilleen diastoleillensa
essive
diastolenaan diastolenansa
diastoleinaan diastoleinansa
translative
diastolekseen diastoleksensa
diastoleikseen diastoleiksensa
abessive
diastolettaan diastolettansa
diastoleittaan diastoleittansa
instructive
comitative
—diastoleineen diastoleinensa :

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djas.tɔl/

### Noun

diastole f (plural diastoles)
* (physiology) diastole
    Antonym: systole

#### Derived terms

* diastolique

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: diastole

### Further reading

* “diastole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* désolait, iodlâtes, sodalité

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈa.sto.le/, /ˈdja.sto.le/
* Rhymes: -astole
* Hyphenation: di‧à‧sto‧le, dià‧sto‧le

### Noun

diastole f (plural diastoli)
* (physiology) diastole
    Antonym: sistole

#### Derived terms

* diastolico

### Anagrams

* desolati, sdoliate, stilodea

## Latin
### Etymology

Ancient Greek δῐᾰστολή (dĭăstolḗ)

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /diˈas.to.leː/, [d̪iˈäs̠t̪ɔɫ̪eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /diˈas.to.le/, [d̪iˈäst̪ole]

### Noun

diastolē f (genitive diastolēs); first declension (grammar)
* hypodiastole: ⟨⸒⟩ (a written mark, chiefly occurring in scriptio continua, used to distinguish homographs and to mark the division of two words liable to be mistaken for a single compound word)
** late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 435.10–11:huic contraria est diastole, dextera pars circuli ad imam litteram adposita.
** c. 560 CE – 636 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis 1.18.7
* comma
** Tiberius Claudius Donatus 1742.P.
* the determination of the meaning of a noun by means of an epithet
** Aelius Donatus, Eun. 515
** Servius Honoratus, G. 3.458

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

#### Related terms

* diastole͡us m (noun)
* diastolicus (adjective)

#### Descendants

* → German: Diastole

### Further reading

* “dĭastŏle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* dĭastŏlē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 519/1: “dĭastŏlē, ēs, f. (διαστολή), signe d’écriture pour empêcher de réunir deux mots qui doivent être divisés : Diom. 435, 11 ; Isid. 1, 18, 7 ‖ détermination du sens d’un substantif à l’aide d’une épithète : Don. Eun., 515 ; Serv. G. 3, 458.”

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ).

### Noun

diastole m (definite singular diastolen, uncountable)
* (physiology) diastole

#### Derived terms

* diastolisk

### References

* “diastole” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ).

### Noun

diastole m (definite singular diastolen, uncountable)
* (physiology) diastole

#### Derived terms

* diastolisk