(physiology) The lowest arterial blood pressure during the cardiac cycle; reflects relaxation and dilation of a heart chamber.
diastolic pressure
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n.
The lowest arterial blood pressure reached during any given ventricular cycle.
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the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood
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