intracranial pressure

English

Noun

intracranial pressure (plural intracranial pressures) (abbreviated ICP)

(physiology) The pressure inside the skull, and thus in the brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.

Translations

pressure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 顱內壓 (zh), 颅内压 (zh) (lúnèiyā), 顱壓, 颅压 (lúyā)
Finnish: aivopaine

German: Intrakranieller Druck m, Hirndruck m
Japanese: 頭蓋内圧 (ずがいないあつ, zugainaiatsu)

See also

intracranial hypertension
pseudotumor cerebri
blood pressure

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