• Force exerted by the blood on the walls of the arteries and other vessels.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• The force blood exerts against the walls of the arteries. Optimal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mm Hg.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• The force of circulating blood on the walls of the arteries. Blood pressure is taken using two measurements: systolic (measured when the heart beats, when blood pressure is at its highest) and diastolic (measured between heart beats, when blood pressure is at its lowest). Blood pressure is written with the systolic blood pressure first, followed by the diastolic blood pressure (for example 120/80).
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Blood pressure, force originating in the pumping action of the heart, exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels; the stretching of the vessels in response to this force and their subsequent contraction are important in maintaining blood flow through the vascular system. In humans...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020