ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does essential hypertension mean? 

• ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION (noun)
  The noun ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION has 1 sense:

1. persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found

  Familiarity information: ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

essential hypertension; hyperpiesia; hyperpiesis

Hypernyms ("essential hypertension" is a kind of...):

high blood pressure; hypertension (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))

 Context examples 

The drug is effective in lowering blood pressure in essential hypertension.

(Ketanserin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ketanserin is effective in lowering blood pressure in essential hypertension.

(Ketanserin Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The NOS2A gene is also involved in susceptibility to essential hypertension.

(NOS2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called: Hypertension, Benign essential hypertension, Essential hypertension, HBP, HTN

(High Blood Pressure, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A splicing polymorphism is associated with essential hypertension and obesity.

(Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) Subunit Beta-3, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene may increase the risk of essential hypertension, renal failure and preeclampsia.

(AGT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The CAT gene is associated with susceptibility to essential hypertension.

(CAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a critical role in blood pressure maintenance and in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension and preeclampsia.

(AGT Gene, NCI Thesaurus)