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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The highest arterial blood pressure reached when the ventricles are contracting.
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- noun the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) during the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart
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