English-Finnish translations for blood pressure

• verenpaine
  Tämä johtaa lisääntyneeseen riskiin saada korkea verenpaine ja diabetes sekä muita sairauksia. This results in an increased risk of having not only high blood pressure and diabetes, but other illnesses too.

Definition of blood pressure

• 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

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.

Related words

• blood pressure meter
• blood pressure measurement
• blood pressure rise
• diastolic blood pressure
• systolic blood pressure
• I have low blood pressure
• I have high blood pressure
• high blood pressure
• taking the blood pressure