Both Uses
blood pressure
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- Blood pressure is one hundred over sixty-five, heart rate is ninety-four.†
Chpt 11.blood pressure = a health indicator measured by the force of circulating blood on the arteries
- Blood pressure's eighty over forty.†
Chpt 15. *
Definitions:
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(1)
(blood pressure) a health indicator measured by the force of circulating blood on the arteries
(sometimes referenced as high or rising in a non-clinical sense to indicate that someone is upset)Blood pressure is typically measured in 2 readings while someone is resting.
The high number (systolic) is the pressure during squeeze of the heart and the low number (diastolic) is the pressure while the heart is resting before the next beat.
Normal blood pressure may be different for different people, but general guidelines for adults at rest might be:Upper #
(systolic)Lower #
(diastolic)normal < 120 & < 80 elevated 120-129 & < 80 high stage 1 130-139 or 80-89 high stage 2 >= 140 or >= 90 high crisis > 180 &/or > 120 low < 90 or < 60
In many primitive societies (with much less heart disease at a given age), normal blood pressure is much lower. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)