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Systolic Pressure

Definition: Systolic Pressure

Systolic Pressure

Noun

1. The blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) during the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Systolic Pressure

DomainDefinition

Health

The highest pressure to which blood pressure rises with the contraction of the ventricles. (references)

Medicine

The pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries during the contraction phase of the heart. Source: European Union. (references)

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Crosswords: Systolic Pressure

English words defined with "systolic pressure": blood pressure. (references)
Specialty definitions using "systolic pressure": Intra-Aortic Balloon PumpingMean blood pressure. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Systolic Pressure

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The top number, which is called the systolic pressure, represents the pressure when your heart is beating. (references)

A systolic pressure of 120 mm of Hg over a diastolic pressure of 80 mm of Hg* is generally considered normal. (references)

It is often estimated by multiplying the diastolic pressure by two, adding the systolic pressure, and then dividing this sum by three. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Systolic Pressure

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

systolic pressure

20
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Modern Translation: Systolic Pressure

Language Translations for "systolic pressure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

systolisk blodtryk (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

systolische bloeddruk (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

systolinen verenpaine (systolic blood pressure), systolinen paine (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

French

  

pression systolique (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

German

  

systolischer Blutdruck (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συστολική πίεση (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pressione sistolica (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ystolicsay essurepray

   

Spanish

  

presión sistólica (systolic blood pressure). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Systolic Pressure

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-o-p-r-r-s-s-s-s-t-u-y"

-4 letters: cloistresses, proselytises, sculptresses.

-5 letters: persecutors, persecutory, pertussises, pressurises, proestruses, proselytise, pyrolusites, sperrylites, superstores.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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