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, diastolic pressure, force per unit area, pressure, systolic pressure



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