diastolic
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or produced by diastole.
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(of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
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These participants also experienced increases in diastolic blood pressure, reductions in shear rate and blood flow, and lower leg muscle oxygenation.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured using an aneroid sphygmomanometer.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024
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
The lower number is pressure between beats and known as diastolic blood pressure.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023
Janeway also was the first to call attention to the fact that the diastolic or minimal pressure was at the point where the greatest oscillation of the mercury took place.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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