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Definition: Systolic Pressure |
Systolic PressureNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Systolic Pressure |
| English words defined with "systolic pressure": blood pressure. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "systolic pressure": Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping ♦ Mean blood pressure. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
systolic pressure | 20 |
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| 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 presión sistólica (systolic blood pressure). (various references) | ||||||||||
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