HyperDic: diastolic_pressure

English > 1 sense of the expression diastolic pressure:
NOUNphenomenondiastolic pressurethe blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood
English > diastolic pressure: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningThe blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood.
Broaderblood pressureThe pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels

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