hypertension

English

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Etymology

hyper- +‎ tension

Noun

hypertension (plural hypertensions)

1. (pathology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure.

Antonyms

• hypotension

Derived terms

• hypertensive
• arterial hypertension
• pregnancy-induced hypertension
• portal hypertension
• pulmonary hypertension

Translations

abnormally high blood pressure

Chinese: Simplified: 高血压 (gaoxueya) Traditional: 高血壓 Czech: hypertenze (cs) f. Dutch: hypertensie (nl) Finnish: hypertensio (fi) French: hypertension (fr) German: Bluthochdruck (de) Greek: υπέρταση (el) (ypértasi) f.

Icelandic: háþrýstingur m., óeðlilega hár blóðþrýstingur m. Italian: ipertensione (it) Japanese: 高血圧 (kouketsuatsu) Korean: 고혈압 Latin: hypertensio (la) f. Russian: гипертензия (ru) (hipertenziya) Spanish: hipertensión (es) Turkish: hipertansiyon (tr)

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Finnish

Noun

hypertension

1. Genitive singular form of hypertensio.