HYPERTENSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypertension mean? 

• HYPERTENSION (noun)
  The noun HYPERTENSION 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: HYPERTENSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERTENSION (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 ("hypertension" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypertension"):

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)

Antonym:

hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)

 Context examples 

It is used for treatment of hypertension and certain arrhythmias, and as an anti-angina and antiglaucoma agent.

(Carteolol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic cardiovascular disorders are endocarditis and hypertension.

(Cardiovascular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation includes headaches, palpitations, chest and abdominal pain, hypertension, fever, and tremor.

(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers plan to study the group further to see how their hypertension risk changes over an even longer period.

(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)

“But evidence suggests that increasing dietary potassium may have an equally important effect on hypertension."

(Study: Fruits and Vegetables Can Lower Blood Pressure, VOA)

Over time, hypertension can harm different organs, including the heart, kidneys, brain, and eyes.

(The genetics of blood pressure, NIH)

People who have hypertension have a greater chance of accumulating white matter lesions and also of experiencing cognitive disorders and dementia later in life.

(Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage, National Institutes of Health)

Mutations in this gene have been associated with primary pulmonary hypertension.

(BMPR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Recent studies have found increased arterial stiffness in youth with risk factors such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.

(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Bosentan decreases both pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance and is particularly used in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

(Bosentan, NCI Thesaurus)