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Blood pressure   /bləd prˈɛʃər/   Listen
Blood pressure

noun
1.
The pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health.



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"Blood pressure" Quotes from Famous Books



... pocket a little instrument with a dial face like a watch, which he attached to Haughton's wrist. "A pocket instrument to measure blood pressure," whispered Craig, as we entered ...
— The War Terror • Arthur B. Reeve

... soothingly, "that you have deep, dark, sinister possibilities within you—dear, yes! You tried something of the sort on the Ridge Road. That's why your august head's so badly bruised. But why aggravate your blood pressure now when it's so infernally hot and you've work ahead. Hunch," he added carelessly to the admiring henchman who had once dealt away successive slices of his inheritance, "go get a pitcher of ice water and rustle up another siphon of ...
— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple



Words linked to "Blood pressure" :   pressure, pressure level, arterial pressure, force per unit area, vital sign, venous pressure, diastolic pressure, circulation, systolic pressure



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