diastasis

[dahy-as-tuh-sis]

noun

plural

diastases 

1. Medicine/Medical.,  the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.

2. Physiology.,  the diastolic rest period immediately preceding systole.

diastasis

/ ˌdaɪəˈstætɪk, daɪˈæstəsɪs /

noun

1. pathol

   1. the separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone

   2. the separation of any two parts normally joined

2. physiol the last part of the diastolic phase of the heartbeat

Other Word Forms

• diastatic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of diastasis¹

1735–45; < New Latin < Greek diástasis a separation. See dia-, stasis

Word History and Origins

Origin of diastasis¹

C18: New Latin, from Greek: a separation, from diistanai to separate, from _dia- + histanai to place, make stand