ARTERIAL PRESSURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries

Example:

arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("arterial pressure" is a kind of...):

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)

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