A forcible separation of bones without fracture.
the distance between the left and right pubic bones in a patient with bladder exstrophy or cloacal exstrophy. If it is a big bladder the diastasis tends to be wider, and if the bladder is small the diastasis, or separation, tends to be more narrow.
separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
a weakness in the muscles, but a hernia is a defect in the fascial layer that holds the abdominal wall together
A vertical separation of the two halves of the abdominal muscles that can occur in late pregnancy
The separation of the two halves of the rectus abdominis muscle in the middle of the stomach. If often heals after delivery.
In pathology, diastasis is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined together, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture.