DIASTOLIC PRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diastolic pressure mean? 

• DIASTOLIC PRESSURE (noun)
  The noun DIASTOLIC PRESSURE has 1 sense:

1. the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood

  Familiarity information: DIASTOLIC PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIASTOLIC PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("diastolic pressure" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

Phenylephrine is a post-synaptic alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist that causes vasoconstriction, increases systolic/diastolic pressures, reflex bradycardia, and stroke output.

(Phenylephrine, NCI Thesaurus)

Phenylephrine is a post-synaptic alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist that causes vasoconstriction, increases systolic/diastolic pressures, reflex bradycardia, and increases stroke output.

(Phenylephrine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

MAP can be approximated without an invasive procedure using the following formula: diastolic pressure plus 1/3 of the pulse pressure, where pulse pressure is systolic pressure - diastolic pressure.

(Mean Arterial Pressure, NCI Thesaurus)

The diastolic pressure is generally greater than 130 mm Hg.

(Malignant Hypertension, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An increase in diastolic pressure (the bottom number) was associated with a 23% higher risk of a hypertensive disorder, compared to women who had a decrease in diastolic pressure during this time.

(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)

This is called diastolic pressure.

(High Blood Pressure, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

This is the diastolic pressure.

(Low Blood Pressure, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)