tension artérielle
/tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ aʁ.te.ʁjɛl/
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
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blood pressure
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L'infirmière prend la tension artérielle du patient.
The nurse takes the patient's blood pressure.
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Similar words
Hypertension specifically means abnormally high blood pressure, a medical condition; tension artérielle is the general term for blood pressure, high or not.
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Practice
1 What does tension artérielle mean?
blood pressure
2 Fill the gap: L'infirmière prend la tension ___ du patient.
Full sentence: L'infirmière prend la tension artérielle du patient. (The nurse takes the patient's blood pressure.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches tension artérielle?
tension artérielle: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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