diastolic

IPA: daɪʌstˈɑɫɪk

(medicine, colloquial) Short for diastolic blood pressure. [(physiology) The lowest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring between heart beats, because of a diastole.]

Examples of "diastolic" in Sentences

Effect of diastolic blood pressure.
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
This is recorded as the diastolic blood pressure.
Diastolic counter pulsation with latissimus dorsi.
On auscultation, there may be a short diastolic murmur.
The diastolic pressure creates a disordered flow of blood into the heart.
In diastolic dysfunction, end diastolic ventricular pressure will be high.
Diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction or diastolic heart failure remains imprecise.