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Definition of Systolic pressure
1. Noun. The blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) during the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Systolic Pressure
Literary usage of Systolic pressure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Normally the pulse-rate rises twenty beats; the systolic pressure rises 8 to 10 mm.
... After taking the systolic pressure and the pulse-rate the subject is ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"This pressure will measure approximately the systolic pressure. ... In this method
the pressure is at first raised above systolic pressure with stopcocks d ..."
3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"Such throbbing is sometimes so great in aortic insufficiency that the pulse-
pressure actually equals the systolic pressure. By that I mean that in many ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The lowest recorded systolic pressure is 40; the lowest in which the ...
The systolic pressure, pulse pressure and pulse rate are increased after eating. ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The systolic pressure may be determined in two ways: By one method only the
mercury manometer is necessary, the instrument corresponding with the Riva-Rocci ..."
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