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diastolic

/daɪəˈstɒlɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.45 in modern English

Syllables
di-as-tolic
IPA
/daɪəˈstɒlɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a diastole.

noun

Ellipsis of diastolic blood pressure.

Colloquial

Etymology

Etymology tree English diastole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English diastolic From diastole + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /daɪəˈstɒlɪk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more diastolic (comparative) most diastolic (superlative) diastolics (plural)

Derived Forms

diastolically endodiastolic holodiastolic interdiastolic intradiastolic postdiastolic prediastolic protodiastolic telediastolic

Phrases

diastolic blood pressure

Frequently Paired Words

nonsystolic systolic

Rhymes With

alcoholic non-alcoholic symbolic metabolic hyperbolic parabolic anabolic melancholic folic frolic workaholic vitriolic

Questions

How do you pronounce diastolic?
The recorded pronunciation is /daɪəˈstɒlɪk/.
What does diastolic mean?
Pertaining to a diastole.
Where does diastolic come from?
Etymology tree English diastole Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English diastolic From diastole + -ic.

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