blood_pressure
has definitions from the fields of physics,medicine
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[ noun ] (physics,medicine) the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart
Examples "adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)It is also possible to utilize a pressure transducer , mounted at the end of a catheter which is inserted into the heart 's left_ventricle , to indicate the blood_pressure in the heart itself . (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Russ visited two places without result and his blood_pressure was down to zero . |
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