systolic pressure
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n.
Blood pressure within the arteries when the heart muscle is contracting.
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n.
The highest arterial blood pressure reached during any given ventricular cycle.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) during the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart
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