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n. Arterial disease in which chronic high blood pressure is the primary symptom.

n. Abnormally elevated blood pressure.

n. The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure.

n. abnormally high blood pressure; especially, the chronic condition associated with persistent high blood pressure.

n. Extreme tension.

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

"Now he was running on dumb luck, a liver that he tried to revitalize with handfuls of vitamin B, and what he called the hypertension buzz, which produced a sound in his head like a fallen power line lying in a pool of water."

hypotension   

cardiovascular disease   

malignant hypertension    essential hypertension    white-coat hypertension    hyperpiesia    secondary hypertension    hyperpiesis   

hypertensive    arterial hypertension    pregnancy-induced hypertension    pulmonary hypertension    portal hypertension   

Ascension    Laurentian    apprehension    ascension    attention    comprehension    condescension    contention    convention    detention   

diabetes    hypotension    atherosclerosis    obesity    arthritis    edema    insomnia    hyperglycemia    thrombosis    dysfunction