diaspora | (noun) the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) | - |
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(noun) the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | - |
diastasis | (noun) separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone | - |
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diastema | (noun) a gap or vacant space between two teeth | - |
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diastole | (noun) the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | - |
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diastolic | (adjective) of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole | - |
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diastrophism | (noun) the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust | - |
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