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Definition of 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; 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"

Definition of Blood pressure

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. The measurement of a person's blood pressure, expressed as systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure readings. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Blood pressure

1. The force that the circulating blood exerts on the walls of the arteries. This measurement is divided into systolic (pressure during contraction of the heart) and diastolic (pressure during relaxation phase). Blood pressure varies with age and sex of the individual. A rough rule of thumb for normal systolic pressure is 100 + Age of individual. In children 2 x (age) + 80 = systolic BP The diastolic pressure should be roughly 2/3 the systolic pressure. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Blood pressure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The blood pressure Study of Arteriosclerosis (after the stage of hypertension) The revelations of the sphygmomanometer (blood-pressure study) are too often ..."

2. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"Respiratory Waves of Blood-pressure.—When a record taken of the blood-pressure the tracing shows waves, unless respiratory movements are very shallow, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"A study was undertaken of the changes in pulse- rate and blood-pressure ... No "delayed rise" of blood-pressure suggesting myocardial inefficiency was ..."

4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1906)
"out the experiment, the depth to which the blood pressure fell below the loe ... Each respiration is accompanied by a rise of blood pressure and removal of ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1919)
"The rise in blood-pressure has been found to be among the earliest evidences of the presence ... What is the immediate cause of the rise of blood-pressure? ..."

6. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women by Marian Sandmaier (1993)
"High blood pressure High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, ... High blood pressure also increases the chances of developing congestive heart ..."

7. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"In this way, the blood pressure rise may be utilized for bio-assay (Hamilton, 1912). Frequently repeated injections of large doses, however, become less and ..."

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