Blood-pressure in Malayalam
Blood-pressure is രക്തസമ്മര്ദ്ദം (rakthasammardam), from raktham, blood, and sammardam, pressure. Doctors and health columns use the full compound, and the reading itself is discussed with it.
Most common translation
രക്തസമ്മര്ദ്ദം (rakthasammardam)
Blood-pressure.
എന്റെ മുത്തശ്ശിക്ക് രക്തസമ്മര്ദ്ദം കൂടുതലാണ്.
ente muthashikku rakthasammardam kooduthalaanu.
My grandmother has high blood pressure.
Dictionary entry
- രക്തസമ്മര്ദ്ദം (rakthasammardam) — Blood-pressure.
This single entry covers blood pressure generally, whether high or low, with speakers adding the word for high or low in front when they need to be specific.
Common questions
How do you say blood-pressure in Malayalam?
രക്തസമ്മര്ദ്ദം (rakthasammardam) is the term for blood pressure.
Do people in Kerala actually use this word?
In writing and at the clinic, yes. In conversation many simply say the English letters BP, which everyone understands.