diastolic
Americanadjective
-
pertaining to or produced by diastole.
-
(of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of diastolic
Compare meaning
How does diastolic compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After that, the wearable started sending my systolic and diastolic numbers to the Hilo app eight to 10 times a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Male mice with normal levels of the Olfr558 receptor typically had diastolic and systolic blood pressure 10 points higher than female mice.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
On average, participants' systolic and diastolic blood pressure decreased by an average of seven and four points, respectively, after the intervention.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2023
For example, systolic blood pressure, or blood pressure during heartbeats, decreased more than 8 millimeters of mercury, or mm Hg, while diastolic blood pressure, or blood pressure between heartbeats, decreased nearly 5 mm Hg.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2023
Their two characteristics are that they occur too early and that they are followed by a pause longer than the normal diastolic pause.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
