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Definition of High-pressure
1. Adjective. Aggressively and persistently persuasive. "A high-pressure salesman"
Medical Definition of High-pressure
1. 1. Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; said of steam, air, water, etc, and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc. 2. Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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