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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 found
Familiarity information: HYPERPIESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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