blood pressure
1.
(
noun
) the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; "adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure"
Related Words:
arterial pressure
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diastolic pressure
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force per unit area
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pressure
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systolic pressure
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