Dictionary

blood pressure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The 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.
   • 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:
   • the great majority of people who have serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer debilitating illness

Forms

Deriveds

systolic blood pressure · diastolic blood pressure · high blood pressure

Translations (112)

sw shinikizo la damu (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ro tensiune (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ms tekanan darah (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · kk қан қысымы (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · la pressio sanguinis (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · pt pressão sanguínea (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ca pressió arterial (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ca tensió arterial (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · mt pressjoni tad-demm (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ru давле́ние кро́ви (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ru кровяно́е давле́ние (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · es tensión arterial (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · es tensión venosa (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · uk кров'яни́й тиск (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · es presión sanguínea (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sh крвни тлак (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · he לחץ דם (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ro tensiune arterială (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · is blóðþrýstingur (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · chr ᎩᎦ ᎤᎵᏌᎳᏓᏁᎲ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · vi huyết áp (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · lb Bluttdrock (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ko 혈압 (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · kn ರಕ್ತದೊತ್ತಡ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ast presión sanguínea (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sh крвни притисак (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · af bloeddruk (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · nb blodtrykk (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ar ضَغْط اَلدَّمّ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · my သွေးပေါင် (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · el πίεση του αίματος (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ca pressió sanguínia (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · dv ލޭގެ ޕްރެޝަރު (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sk krvný tlak (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · pl ciśnienie tętnicze (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sl krvni tlak (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · it pressione (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sh krvni pritisak (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · it pressione del sangue (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · da blodtryk (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · id tekanan darah (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · pa ਲਹੂ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ckb تەوژمی خوێن (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · bn রক্তচাপ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · km សម្ពាធឈាម (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · pl ciśnienie krwi (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · mi pēhanga toto (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · cs krevní tlak (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · uz qon bosimi (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · pt pressão (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · az qan təzyiqi (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · et vererõhk (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · lv asinsspiediens (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · fo blóðtrýst (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sv blodtryck (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · sh krvni tlak (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · cmn 血壓 /血压 (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · bg кръвно налягане (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · es presión arterial (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · nv dił naʼałkidgi (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ks خوٗنُک دَباو (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ru артериа́льное давле́ние (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ky кан басымы (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · be крывяны́ ціск (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · mn цусны даралт (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · te రక్తపోటు (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ne रक्तचाप (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · de Blutdruck (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · cy pwysedd gwaed (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · hi रक्तचाप (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · mr रक्तदाब (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · el πίεση αίματος (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · hy արյան ճնշում (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · krl verenpaino (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · th ความดันโลหิต (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · tr kan basıncı (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · fi verenpaine (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · vo bludiped (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · eu odol-presio (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · udm вирзӥбет (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ga brú fola (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · nn blodtrykk (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ta குருதி அழுத்தம் (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · an presión sanguinia (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · tk gan basyşy (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ro presiune sanguină (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · id tensi (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ka სისხლის წნევა (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · crh qan basımı (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ja 血圧 (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · tr tansiyon (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ca pressió venosa (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · kmr pestoya xwînê (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · eo sangopremo (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ur فشار خون (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · az davleniya (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · nl bloeddruk (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · fr tension artérielle (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · fr pression artérielle (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · mk крвен притисок (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · it pressione sanguigna (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · tl presyon ng dugo (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ca tensió sanguínia (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · gu રક્તચાપ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · as ৰক্তচাপ (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · pon mwekimwekid en inta (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · hu vérnyomás (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · ml രക്തസമ്മർദ്ദം (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · lt kraujospūdis (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · my သွေးပေါင်ချိန် (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · fa فشار خون (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins) · az təzyiq (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins)