diastasis
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diastases
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Medicine/Medical. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
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Physiology. the diastolic rest period immediately preceding systole.
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pathol
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the separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
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the separation of any two parts normally joined
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physiol the last part of the diastolic phase of the heartbeat
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Origin of diastasis
1735–45; < New Latin < Greek diástasis a separation. See dia-, stasis
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She is still struggling with a severe case of diastasis recti, which is the separation of the abdominal muscles and affects her core strength.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Gunderson developed a severe case of diastasis recti during her pregnancy, which left a 9-centimeter separation of her "six-pack" muscles in her stomach that was big enough for a fist to fit through.
From Fox News ● Jul. 22, 2021
Gunderson developed a severe case of diastasis recti during her pregnancy, which left a 9-centimeter separation of her “six-pack” muscles in her stomach that was big enough for a fist to fit through.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
After having my third child I’ve been unable to lose some of the baby weight and it has settled, thanks to a serious case of diastasis, in the shape of baby bump.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2021
Besides alum, small quantities of copper sulphate have been used for checking diastasis and retarding fermentation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Toward the end of his life Bernard came to the view, however, that the action of ferments was really due to the presence in them of chemically active substances called diastases.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
The diastases are all colloids, and so are many other catalyzers.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
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