diastasis

diastasis
/duy as"teuh sis/, n., pl. diastases /-seez'/.
1. Med. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
2. Physiol. the diastolic rest period immediately preceding systole.
[1735-45; < NL < Gk diástasis a separation. See DIA-, STASIS]

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