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.
The Latin word also is the source of Old Irish plag (genitive plaige) plague, pestilence, German Plage, Dutch plaage. Meaning epidemic that causes many deaths is from 1540s; specifically in reference to bubonic plague from c.1600. Modern spelling follows French, which had plague from 15c.