blood pressure

Definitions

The pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins; it varies during the heartbeat cycle, and according to a person's age, health and physical condition.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the great majority of people who have⟳ serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer⟳ debilitating illness”

“The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.”

“She threw her head back and inflated the lungs. “UPJOHN!” she boomed, rather like⟳ someone calling the cattle home across the sands of Dee, and I issued a kindly word of warning. “Watch⟳ that blood pressure, old ancestor.” “Never you mind⟳ my blood pressure. You let⟳ it alone, and it'll leave⟳ you alone. UPJOHN!””

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