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HYPERPIESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperpiesis mean? 

HYPERPIESIS (noun)
  The noun HYPERPIESIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HYPERPIESIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERPIESIS (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 ("hyperpiesis" 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))


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