hypertension

Hypertension is defined as abnormally high blood pressure, the force at which blood is pumped into the heart when it comes from the arteries.

High Risk Factors for Hypertension

  • Smoking
  • Drinking a lot of alcohol
  • Eating very salty and fatty foods
  • Experiencing a lot of stress
  • African-Americans
  • People who are obese
  • People over 60 years old
(noun)

An example of hypertension is a heart that has to work extra hard to properly circulate blood through the body, increasing the size of the heart muscle and causing the heart chambers to get bigger, and either too weak or too stiff to pump blood properly.

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See hypertension in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. any abnormally high tension
  2. abnormally high blood pressure, or a disease of which this is the chief sign

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See hypertension in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Arterial disease in which chronic high blood pressure is the primary symptom.
  2. Abnormally elevated blood pressure.

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