{s} of or pertaining to diastole, of or pertaining to the time between two contractions of the heart; (about blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the time between heartbeats
The bottom of two blood pressure numbers, which measures blood pressure when the heart is at rest
the part of the heartbeat cycle during which blood pressure is lowest, when the heart is relaxed; if you have a blood pressure of 115/70, 70 is your diastolic blood pressure
A measurement of the amount of pressure on the walls of blood vessels when the heart is at rest
Measurement of the minimum blood pressure in your arteries The lower number, called the diastolic pressure, occurs between beats while the heart is resting