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ARTERIAL PRESSURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries
Example:
arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("arterial pressure" is a kind of...):
blood pressure (the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health)
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