high blood pressure

high blood pressure

n.

Hypertension.

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high blood pressure  (h)

See hypertension.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

high blood pressure - a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater) hypertension cardiovascular disease - a disease of the heart or blood vessels 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; "malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension" secondary hypertension - hypertension that is secondary to another disease white-coat hypertension - temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office