hypertension
hypertension
Definition
hyper·ten·sion (hī′pər ten′s̸hən)
noun
- any abnormally high tension
- abnormally high blood pressure, or a disease of which this is the chief sign
hy′per·ten′·sive adjective, noun
hypertension
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pre-exist: None of the patients developed pulmonary hypertension during the trial and none of the three patients with pre-existing pulmonary hypertension deteriorated.
- induce: Salt induced hypertension is blamed for about 13,000 strokes and 70,000 heart attacks in Britain every year half of which are fatal.
- treat: Demonstration that the treating isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly reduces stroke risk.
- tackle: The program should also emphasize the need for a whole diet approach to tackle hypertension.
- associate: Efficacy has been shown in primary pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease.
- cause: Most things that cause high blood pressure can occasionally cause malignant hypertension.
Preposition: in
- pregnancy: The mild form is defined purely as hypertension in pregnancy after 20 weeks.
- adult: Results from 54 months of the Medical Research Council's treatment trial of hypertension in older adults.
Adjective modifier
- pulmonary: Pulmonary hypertension refers to high blood pressure in the arteries taking blood from the heart to the lungs.
- intracranial: Cases of intracranial hypertension related to cerebral edema have been reported.
- pregnancy-induced: Pre-existing high blood pressure makes you more likely to get pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension when you are pregnant.
- ocular: A dangerously elevated IOP, or ocular hypertension ( OHT ), is a major risk factor for glaucoma.
- arterial: Comment: are definitions for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension inappropriate?
- uncontrolled: Avoid in ischaemic heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension or pregnancy.
Modifies a noun
- clinic: However, this is inconsistent with the typical observation within any hypertension clinic of very strong family histories of the disease.
- drug: And the diuretics are the least toxic type of hypertension drug treatment.
Noun used with modifier
- portal: Most patients exhibited an advanced stage of portal hypertension on CT.
- rebound: Sudden withdrawal of Catapres, particularly in those patients receiving high doses, may result in rebound hypertension.
- coat: White coat hypertension can be diminished or avoided by the " hide " display function.
- diabetes: In Type 2 diabetes hypertension is very common, occurring in up to 50 % of patients.
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