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

1 sense of venous pressure

Sense 1
venous pressure -- (the pressure exerted on the walls of the veins by the circulating 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")