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wedge pressure (medicine) and portate (iou)


wedge pressure (medicine)


wedge pressure


The intravascular pressure reading obtained when a fine catheter is advanced until it completely occludes a small blood vessel or is sealed in place by inflation of a small cuff; commonly measured in the lung to estimate left atrial pressure.


portate (iou)



portate adjective. M16.
[Latin portatus pa. pple of portare PORT verb1: see -ATE2.]
Heraldry. Represented in a sloping position, as if carried on the shoulder. Chiefly in cross portate.