intracranial pressure

English

Noun

intracranial pressure (plural intracranial pressures) (abbreviated ICP)

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

Translations

pressure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顱內壓／颅内压 (zh) (lúnèiyā), 颅内压 (zh) (lúnèiyā), 顱壓／颅压 (lúyā), 颅压 (lúyā)

• Finnish: aivopaine
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• 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