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Diastolic
The phase of blood circulation in which the heart's pumping chambers (ventricles) are being filled with blood. During this phase, the ventricles are at their most relaxed, and the pressure against the walls of the arteries is at its lowest.
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diastolic
[dī′əstol′ik]
pertaining to diastole, or the blood pressure at the instant of maximum cardiac relaxation.


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