HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high blood pressure mean? 

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (noun)
  The noun HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

high blood pressure; hypertension

Hypernyms ("high blood pressure" is a kind of...):

cardiovascular disease (a disease of the heart or blood vessels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high blood pressure"):

essential hypertension; hyperpiesia; hyperpiesis (persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found)

malignant hypertension (severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain)

secondary hypertension (hypertension that is secondary to another disease)

white-coat hypertension (temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office)

 Context examples 

Diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes of CKD.

(Chronic Kidney Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It’s important to note that many risk factors, including smoking, diabetes, and high blood pressure, have stronger effects on mortality than epigenetic age.

(DNA changes predict longevity, NIH)

Patients present with high blood pressure, muscle weakness, and headache.

(Conn Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common disease in which blood flows through blood vessels at higher than normal pressures.

(The genetics of blood pressure, NIH)

A study conducted at the São Paulo State University (Unesp) shows that music can intensify the effects of drugs against high blood pressure.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)

An amino acid derivative used to counteract high blood pressure caused by interleukin-2.

(NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, NCI Dictionary)

Pheochromocytomas are usually benign (not cancer) but can cause high blood pressure, pounding headaches, heart palpitations, flushing of the face, nausea, and vomiting.

(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Dictionary)

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, usually has no symptoms.

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

A drug used to treat high blood pressure.

(Catapres, NCI Dictionary)

High levels cause high blood pressure which can lead to headaches, sweating, pounding of the heart, pain in the chest, and anxiety.

(Catecholamine, NCI Dictionary)