The pumping action of the heart generates pulsatile blood flow, which is conducted into the arteries, across the micro-circulation and eventually, back via the venous system to the heart. During each heartbeat, systemic arterial blood pressure varies between a maximum and a minimum pressure.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these synonyms: epidemic (noun). Antonyms: endemic. epidemic (noun). Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread. Antonyms: endemic. epidemic (noun). An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
For other uses, see Epidemic (disambiguation) . An epidemic (from Greek á¼ÏÎ¯ epi upon or above and Î´á¿Î¼Î¿Ï demos people) is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time, usually two weeks or less.he conditions which govern the outbreak of epidemics include infected food supplies such as contaminated drinking water and the migration of populations of certain animals, such as rats or mosquitoes, which can act as disease vectors.