Meanings
nounblood pressure (countable and uncountable, plural blood pressures)
plural blood pressures
- countableuncountableThe 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.
The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.
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the great majority of people who have serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer debilitating illness
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!”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XVII, XVIII, AND XIX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
Translations
Afrikaans bloeddruk
- bloeddrukpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Arabic ضَغْط اَلدَّم
- ضَغْط اَلدَّم (ḍaḡṭ ad-dam)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Basque odol-presio
- odol-presiopressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Bengali রক্তচাপ
- রক্তচাপ (roktocap)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Bulgarian кръвно налягане
- кръвно налягане (krăvno naljagane)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Catalan pressió arterial, pressió venosa
- pressió arterialpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- pressió venosapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- tensió arterialpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- tensió sanguíniapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- pressió sanguíniapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Chinese Mandarin 血壓 /血压
- 血壓 /血压 (xuèyā)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Czech krevní tlak
- krevní tlakpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Danish blodtryk
- blodtrykpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Dutch bloeddruk
- bloeddrukpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Esperanto sangopremo
- sangopremopressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Estonian vererõhk
- vererõhkpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Finnish verenpaine
- verenpainepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
French tension artérielle, pression artérielle
- tension artériellepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- pression artériellepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
German Blutdruck
- Blutdruckpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Greek πίεση αίματος, πίεση του αίματος
- πίεση αίματος (píesi aímatos)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- πίεση του αίματος (píesi tou aímatos)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Hebrew לחץ דם
- לחץ דם (lahats dam)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Hindi रक्तचाप
- रक्तचाप (raktacāp)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Hungarian vérnyomás
- vérnyomáspressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Icelandic blóðþrýstingur
- blóðþrýstingurpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Indonesian tekanan darah, tensi
- tekanan darahpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- tensipressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Irish brú fola
- brú folapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Italian pressione, pressione sanguigna
- pressionepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- pressione sanguignapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- pressione del sanguepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Japanese 血圧
- 血圧 (ketsuatsu)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Korean 혈압
- 혈압 (hyeorap)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Latin pressio sanguinis
- pressio sanguinispressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Latvian asinsspiediens
- asinsspiedienspressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Lithuanian kraujospūdis
- kraujospūdispressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Malay tekanan darah
- tekanan darahpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Māori pēhanga toto
- pēhanga totopressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Norwegian Bokmål blodtrykk
- blodtrykkpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Persian فشار خون
- فشار خونpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Polish ciśnienie krwi, ciśnienie tętnicze
- ciśnienie krwipressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- ciśnienie tętniczepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Portuguese pressão sanguínea, pressão
- pressão sanguíneapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- pressãopressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Punjabi ਲਹੂ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ
- ਲਹੂ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ (lahū dā dabāa)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Romanian tensiune, presiune sanguină
- tensiunepressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- presiune sanguinăpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- tensiune arterialăpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Russian артериа́льное давле́ние, кровяно́е давле́ние
- артериа́льное давле́ние (arteriálʹnoje davlénije)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- кровяно́е давле́ние (krovjanóje davlénije)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- давле́ние кро́ви (davlénije króvi)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Slovak krvný tlak
- krvný tlakpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Spanish presión sanguínea, tensión arterial
- presión sanguíneapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- tensión arterialpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- tensión venosapressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- presión arterialpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Swahili shinikizo la damu
- shinikizo la damupressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Swedish blodtryck
- blodtryckpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Tagalog presyon ng dugo
- presyon ng dugopressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Tamil குருதி அழுத்தம்
- குருதி அழுத்தம் (kuruti aḻuttam)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Thai ความดันโลหิต
- ความดันโลหิต (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Turkish tansiyon, kan basıncı
- tansiyonpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- kan basıncıpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Ukrainian кров'яни́й тиск
- кров'яни́й тиск (krovʺjanýj tysk)pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Urdu فشار خون
- فشار خونpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Vietnamese huyết áp
- huyết áppressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Welsh pwysedd gwaed
- pwysedd gwaedpressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
Cite this entry
APA
blood pressure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20pressure
MLA
“blood pressure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20pressure. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood pressure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20pressure.
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