diastole
noun
di·as·to·le
dī-ˈa-stə-(ˌ)lē 
: a rhythmically recurrent expansion
especially
: the relaxation and dilation of the chambers of the heart and especially the ventricles during which they fill with blood compare systole
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The participants were hooked up to an electrocardiogram machine to track their heartbeats and allow researchers to flash images at either systole or diastole.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2017
When the person in the image was black, participants who had to react during systole were more likely to shoot unarmed individuals, than people primed with the same image during diastole.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2017
For us this was diastole; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 21 July 2017
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2017
When the person in the image was black, participants who had to react during systole were more likely to shoot unarmed individuals, than people primed with the same image during diastole.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2017
For us this was diastole; the condition of the heart when it's fully dilated with blood just before it's ejected with a heart contraction to the body.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 21 July 2017
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diastole
noun
di·as·to·le
dī-ˈas-tə-(ˌ)lē
: the relaxation of the heart during which its cavities expand and fill with blood compare systole
Medical Definition
diastole
noun
di·as·to·le
dī-ˈas-tə-(ˌ)lē
1
: the passive rhythmical expansion or dilation of the cavities of the heart during which they fill with blood compare systole
2
: the rhythmical expansion of a pulsating vacuole (as of an amoeba)
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