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HYPERTENSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
Synonyms:
high blood pressure; hypertension
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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:
Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version (MHIS-NACC) History or presence of hypertension.
(MHIS-NACC - History or Presence of Hypertension, NCI Thesaurus)
Mothers with hypertension during pregnancy are more likely to have a pre-term delivery.
(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)
Signs and symptoms include hypertension, muscle weakness, shortness of breath, headaches and leg cramps.
(Aortic Coarctation, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical presentation includes hypertension, hypokalemia, and muscle weakness.
(Aldosterone-Producing Adrenal Cortex Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Certain allelic variants of the NOS3 gene are associated with susceptibility to atherosclerosis, pregnancy-induced hypertension, pulmonary hypertension or late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
(NOS3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
It may lead to arrhythmias and pulmonary hypertension.
(Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, NCI Thesaurus)
The analysis also adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, regular exercise, alcohol consumption, body mass index, and other present conditions like hypertension.
(Frequently brushing teeth may help prevent heart attacks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hypertrophy associated with both hypertension and obstruction to ventricular outflow leads to pathologic cardiac growth and it is associated with increase morbidity and mortality.
(NFAT Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Working 49 or more hours per week is linked to a 66% higher chance of getting hypertension, according to an American Heart Association study.
(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Patients have high levels of plasma renin concentration which is not associated with hypertension.
(Bartter Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
