blood pressure
/ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
blood pressure noun: 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.
Noun
blood pressure (countable and uncountable, plural blood pressures)
- 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 great majority of people who have serious conditions from high blood pressure suffer debilitating illness
- The nurse spent all day taking blood pressures at the hospital.
blood pressure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
blood pressure in Hindi
- pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- रक्तचाप raktacāp
blood pressure in Tamil
- pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- குருதி அழுத்தம் kuruti aḻuttam
blood pressure in Marathi
- pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- रक्तदाब raktadāb
blood pressure in Urdu
- pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
- فشار خون
More languagesFewer languages
- blood pressure in Bengali
- রক্তচাপ roktocap
- blood pressure in Telugu
- రక్తపోటు raktapōṭu
- blood pressure in Malayalam
- രക്തസമ്മർദ്ദം raktasammaṟddaṁ
- blood pressure in Kannada
- ರಕ್ತದೊತ್ತಡ raktadottaḍa
- blood pressure in Punjabi
- ਲਹੂ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ lahū dā dabāa
- blood pressure in Gujarati
- રક્તચાપ raktacāp
- blood pressure in Assamese
- ৰক্তচাপ roktosap
- blood pressure in Nepali
- रक्तचाप raktacāp
- blood pressure in Tagalog
- presyon ng dugo
- blood pressure in Arabic
- ضَغْط اَلدَّمّ ḍaḡṭ ad-damm
- blood pressure in Malay
- tekanan darah
- blood pressure in Indonesian
- tekanan darah, tensi
- blood pressure in Persian
- فشار خون
- blood pressure in Thai
- ความดันโลหิต kwaam-dan-loo-hìt
- blood pressure in Vietnamese
- huyết áp
- blood pressure in Myanmar
- သွေးပေါင်ချိန် swe:paunghkyin, သွေးပေါင် swe:paung
- Dhivehi
- ލޭގެ ޕްރެޝަރު lēge prešaru
- Kashmiri
- خوٗنُک دَباو khūnuk dabāv
Forms of blood pressure
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Words formed from blood pressure
Questions about blood pressure
- What does blood pressure mean?
- Blood pressure means 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.
- What is blood pressure in Hindi?
- Blood pressure in Hindi is रक्तचाप (raktacāp). See Blood pressure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blood pressure?
- Blood pressure is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blood pressure?
- Blood pressure is pronounced /ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of blood pressure?
- The plural of blood pressure is blood pressures.
Words near blood pressure in the dictionary
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