拡かく張ちょう期き血けつ圧あつ

noun

diastolic blood pressure

Medical term; the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats. Often contrasted with 収縮期血圧 (systolic blood pressure).

See also: 収縮期血圧

• 健けん康こう診しん断だんで拡かく張ちょう期き血けつ圧あつが高たかめと言いわれた。

  At my health checkup, I was told my diastolic blood pressure was a bit high.

• 拡かく張ちょう期き血けつ圧あつは心しん臓ぞうが拡かく張ちょうしたときの血けつ圧あつです。

  Diastolic blood pressure is the blood pressure when the heart is relaxed.