n, pl  -ta*ses   1  :  an abnormal separation of parts normally joined together  2  :  the rest phase of cardiac diastole occurring between filling of the ventricle and the start of atrial contraction .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  de·cid·u·o·sis 
 
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