DIASTOLIC PRESSURE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("diastolic 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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