blood pressure

1. 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

   “adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure”

   Broadervital signpressure

   Narrowersystolic pressurediastolic pressurearterial pressurevenous pressure

   Part ofcirculation

Questions about blood pressure

What does blood pressure mean?

blood pressure means "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".

Is blood pressure a common word?

blood pressure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.