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intracranial pressures

intracranial pressures is the plural of intracranial pressure.

Meaning of intracranial pressure

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

Questions about intracranial pressures

What is intracranial pressures the plural of?
Intracranial pressures is the plural of intracranial pressure.

Words near intracranial pressures in the dictionary

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

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