Diastole

·noun A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

II. Diastole ·noun The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries;

— correlative to systole, or contraction.

diastole
dĭastŏle, ēs, f., = διαστολή, in gram., I The diastole , Diom. p. 470 P. al.— II The comma , Don...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.