Definitions for "Diastolic pressure"
the force exerted against the arterial wall during ventricular relaxation.
The diastole is the period of time between the second of the double heartbeat, and the first of a subsequent heartbeat. At this point blood enters the relaxed ventricular chambers. The diastolic pressure is one of the two numbers given when measuring blood pressure, the other being the systolic pressure.
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