Blood Pressure

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BP
Pronunciation
/bləd ˈprɛʃər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Oncology

Examples in Context

  1. Your doctor will monitor your blood pressure
  2. Prime Minister Pavlov had been taken ill with high blood pressure.
  3. They took my pulse, took my blood pressure, and X-rayed my jaw.
  4. Blood pressure decreases with exercise.
  5. Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of assessing the risk of heart disease or strokes

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