Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diastolic_pressure

1 sense of diastolic pressure

Sense 1
diastolic pressure -- (the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood)
       => 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; "adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure")