diastasis
Medicine/Medical. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
Physiology. the diastolic rest period immediately preceding systole.
Origin of diastasis
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How to use diastasis in a sentence
The diastases are all colloids, and so are many other catalyzers.
The Mechanism of Life | Stphane Leduc
British Dictionary definitions for diastasis
/ (daɪˈæstəsɪs) /
pathol
the separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
the separation of any two parts normally joined
physiol the last part of the diastolic phase of the heartbeat
Origin of diastasis
1Derived forms of diastasis
- diastatic (ˌdaɪəˈstætɪk), adjective
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