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mm Hg

millimeters of mercury; a unit of pressure equal to 1 torr, or 133.3 pascals.

mm Hg

Millimeters of mercury Clinical medicine A measure of blood pressure, referring to the height to which the pressure in the blood vessels push a column of mercury. See Blood pressure, Hypertension.

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