Term: blood pressure: 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
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: eight-spot: one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: copperplate: a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: cat's-ear: European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: stocking filler: a small Christmas present included in the Christmas stocking
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: ginseng: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: date bread: bread containing chopped dates
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: regulation: (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: obscurity: an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: ornithine: an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea
Broader: pressure: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Unrelated: gerardia: any plant of the genus Gerardia