Phrase guide

blood pressure

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈblʌd ˌpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pressure, pressure level, force per unit area, vital sign

Narrower terms: systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, arterial pressure, venous pressure

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bloeddruk — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Arabic: ضَغْط اَلدَّمّ (ḍaḡṭ ad-damm) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Aragonese: presión sanguinia — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Armenian: արյան ճնշում (aryan čnšum) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Assamese: ৰক্তচাপ (roktosap) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Asturian: presión sanguínea — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Azerbaijani: qan təzyiqi — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Azerbaijani: təzyiq — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Azerbaijani: davleniya — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Basque: odol-presio — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Belarusian: крывяны́ ціск (kryvjaný cisk) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Bengali: রক্তচাপ (roktocap) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Bulgarian: кръвно налягане (krǎvno naljagane) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Burmese: သွေးပေါင်ချိန် (swe:paunghkyin) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Burmese: သွေးပေါင် (swe:paung) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Catalan: pressió arterial — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Catalan: pressió venosa — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Catalan: tensió arterial — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Catalan: tensió sanguínia — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Catalan: pressió sanguínia — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Cherokee: ᎩᎦ ᎤᎵᏌᎳᏓᏁᎲ (giga ulisaladanehv) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血壓 /血压 (xuèyā) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Crimean Tatar: qan basımı — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Czech: krevní tlak — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Danish: blodtryk — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Dhivehi: ލޭގެ ޕްރެޝަރު (lēge prešaru) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Dutch: bloeddruk — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Esperanto: sangopremo — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Estonian: vererõhk — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Faroese: blóðtrýst — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Finnish: verenpaine — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • French: tension artérielle — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • French: pression artérielle — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Georgian: სისხლის წნევა (sisxlis c̣neva) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • German: Blutdruck — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Greek: πίεση αίματος (píesi aímatos) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Greek: πίεση του αίματος (píesi tou aímatos) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Gujarati: રક્તચાપ (raktacāp) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Hebrew: לחץ דם (lahats dam) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Hindi: रक्तचाप (raktacāp) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Hungarian: vérnyomás — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Icelandic: blóðþrýstingur — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Indonesian: tekanan darah — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Indonesian: tensi — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Irish: brú fola — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Italian: pressione — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Italian: pressione sanguigna — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Italian: pressione del sangue — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Japanese: 血圧 (ketsuatsu) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Kannada: ರಕ್ತದೊತ್ತಡ (raktadottaḍa) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Karelian: verenpaino — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Kashmiri: خوٗنُک دَباو (khūnuk dabāv) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Kazakh: қан қысымы (qan qysymy) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Khmer: សម្ពាធឈាម (sɑɑsɑmpiət-chiəm) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Korean: 혈압 (hyeorap) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Central Kurdish: تەوژمی خوێن (tewijmî xwên) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Northern Kurdish: pestoya xwînê — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Kyrgyz: кан басымы (kan basımı) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Latin: pressio sanguinis — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Latvian: asinsspiediens — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Lithuanian: kraujospūdis — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Luxembourgish: Bluttdrock — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Macedonian: крвен притисок (krven pritisok) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Malay: tekanan darah — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Malayalam: രക്തസമ്മർദ്ദം (raktasammaṟddaṁ) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Maltese: pressjoni tad-demm — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Māori: pēhanga toto — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Marathi: रक्तदाब (raktadāb) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Mongolian: цусны даралт (cusny daralt) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Navajo: dił naʼałkidgi — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Nepali: रक्तचाप (raktacāp) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodtrykk — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodtrykk — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Persian: فشار خون — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Pohnpeian: mwekimwekid en inta — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Polish: ciśnienie krwi — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Polish: ciśnienie tętnicze — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Portuguese: pressão sanguínea — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Portuguese: pressão — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Punjabi: ਲਹੂ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ (lahū dā dabāa) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Romanian: tensiune — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Romanian: presiune sanguină — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Romanian: tensiune arterială — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Russian: артериа́льное давле́ние (arteriálʹnoje davlénije) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Russian: кровяно́е давле́ние (krovjanóje davlénije) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Russian: давле́ние кро́ви (davlénije króvi) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Serbo-Croatian: крвни притисак — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Serbo-Croatian: крвни тлак — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Serbo-Croatian: krvni pritisak — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Serbo-Croatian: krvni tlak — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Slovak: krvný tlak — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Slovene: krvni tlak — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Spanish: presión sanguínea — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Spanish: tensión arterial — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Spanish: tensión venosa — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Spanish: presión arterial — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Swahili: shinikizo la damu — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Swedish: blodtryck — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Tagalog: presyon ng dugo — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Tamil: குருதி அழுத்தம் (kuruti aḻuttam) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Telugu: రక్తపోటు (raktapōṭu) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Thai: ความดันโลหิต (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Turkish: tansiyon — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Turkish: kan basıncı — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Turkmen: gan basyşy — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Udmurt: вирзӥбет (virzibet) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Ukrainian: кров'яни́й тиск (krovʺjanýj tysk) — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Urdu: فشار خون — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Uzbek: qon bosimi — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Vietnamese: huyết áp — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Volapük: bludiped — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins
  • Welsh: pwysedd gwaed — pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins