diastolic

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   of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole

Questions about diastolic

What does diastolic mean?

diastolic means "of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole".

How many syllables are in diastolic?

diastolic has 4 syllables: di-a-sto-lic. The stress falls on "sto". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈstɑlɪk/.

Is diastolic a common word?

diastolic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.