systolic blood pressure

noun

The highest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring during each heart beat, because of the systole.

Meanings

nounsystolic blood pressure (countable and uncountable, plural systolic blood pressures)

plural systolic blood pressures

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe highest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring during each heart beat, because of the systole.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 收縮壓 /收缩压
  • 收縮壓 /收缩压 (shōusuōyā)highest pressure within bloodstream
Dutch bovendruk
  • bovendrukhighest pressure within bloodstream
Finnish systolinen verenpaine, yläpaine
  • systolinen verenpainehighest pressure within bloodstream
  • yläpainehighest pressure within bloodstream
Polish ciśnienie skurczowe
  • ciśnienie skurczowehighest pressure within bloodstream
Portuguese pressão arterial sistólica, pressão sanguínea sistólica
  • pressão arterial sistólicahighest pressure within bloodstream
  • pressão sanguínea sistólicahighest pressure within bloodstream
Romanian tensiune sanguină sistolică
  • tensiune sanguină sistolicăhighest pressure within bloodstream
Spanish presión sanguínea sistólica
  • presión sanguínea sistólicahighest pressure within bloodstream
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