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The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.

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  1. n. The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.
  2. n. A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.
  3. n. the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
  4. 1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction. 2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.
  5. The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart andarteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.
  6. n. the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood