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1. (n.) blood pressure
the pressure of the blood against the inner walls of the blood vessels, esp. of the arteries during different phases of contraction of the heart.
Etymology: (1575–85)
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1. (noun) blood pressure
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
"adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure"
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1. (noun) blood pressure
the pressure of the blood as it moves around the body
high/low blood pressure
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1. blood pressure
PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS.
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Sense: the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels
The excitement will raise his blood pressure.
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 Afrikaans: bloeddruk |
 Arabic: ضَغْطُ الدَّم |
 Bulgarian: кръвно налягане |
 Brazilian: pressão arterial |
 Czech: krevní tlak |
 German: der Blutdruck |
 Danish: blodtryk |
 Greek: πίεση του αίματος |
 Spanish: presión sanguínea, tensió |
 Estonian: vererõhk |
 Farsi: فشار خون |
 Finnish: verenpaine |
 French: tension artérielle |
 Hebrew: לַחַץ דָם |
 Hindi: रक्तचाप |
 Croatian: krvni tlak |
 Hungarian: vérnyomás |
 Indonesian: tekanan darah |
 Icelandic: blóðþrÿstingur |
 Italian: pressione arteriosa |
 Japanese: 血圧 |
 Korean: 혈압 |
 Lithuanian: kraujospūdis |
 Latvian: asinsspiediens |
 Malay: tekanan darah |
 Dutch: bloeddruk |
 Norwegian: blodtrykk |
 Polish: ciśnienie (krwi) |
 Persian: فشار خون |
 Pashto: د وینی فشار |
 Portuguese: tensão arterial |
 Romanian: tensiune arterială |
 Russian: кровяное давление |
 Slovak: krvný tlak |
 Slovenian: krvni pritisk |
 Serbian: krvni pritisak |
 Swedish: blodtryck |
 Thai: ความดันเลือด |
 Turkish: kan basıncı, tansiyon |
 Taiwanese: 血壓 |
 Ukrainian: кров'яний тиск |
 Urdu: فشارخون |
 Vietnamese: huyết áp |
 Chinese: 血压 |
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