Sunday, April 26, 2009

Systolic

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Systolic: Peak blood pressure in the arteries.
Apostolic: Blood pressure when the Pope speaks.
Hyperbolic: When the Pope speaks.
Colic: Baby condition.
Folic: Acid.
Hydraulic: Liquid pressure.
-ic: Suffix meaning "of or pertaining to". Oddly applied to addicts of alcohol; alcoholic, chocolate; chocoholic and the rarely heard: caffeineic and heroinic.

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