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intracranial pressure

intracranial pressure noun: the pressure inside the skull, and thus in the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.

Noun

intracranial pressure (countable and uncountable, plural intracranial pressures)

  1. The pressure inside the skull, and thus in the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.
    • As artificial hyperventilation is advocated in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure, it must be questioned where to set the limit beyond which hypocapnically induced cerebral tissue hypoxia may occur.2012, H. Penzholz, M. Brock, J. Hamer, Brain Hypoxia: Pain, →ISBN, page 42
    Synonyms:
    ICP

Synonyms of intracranial pressure

Forms of intracranial pressure

pluralintracranial pressures

Questions about intracranial pressure

What does intracranial pressure mean?
Intracranial pressure means the pressure inside the skull, and thus in the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.
What part of speech is intracranial pressure?
Intracranial pressure is a noun.
What is the plural of intracranial pressure?
The plural of intracranial pressure is intracranial pressures.

Words near intracranial pressure in the dictionary

  1. intracostal
  2. intracountry
  3. intracounty
  4. intracranial
  5. intracranial hypertension
  6. intracranial pressure
  7. intracranial pressures
  8. intracranially
  9. intracranical
  10. intracranioventricular
  11. intracranioventricularly

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