hypertension

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō

Latin tendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin tēnsiōder.

Middle French tensionbor.

English tension

English hypertension

From hyper- + tension.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīpətĕnʹshən
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pəˈtɛn.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈtɛn.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: hy‧per‧ten‧sion

Noun

hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural hypertensions)

1. (medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.
   • 2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.

2. A state of great (nervous or emotional) tension.
   • 1913, John Masters, The Lotus and the Wind, Michael Joseph Ltd., published 1916, page 101:

     The opportunity for which she had been tensely waiting was upon her. In a few minutes, as this hypertension and ruthlessness faded in her, it would be gone.

Synonyms

• high blood pressure (informal)

Antonyms

• hypotension

Derived terms

• antihypertension
• arterial hypertension
• atenolol
• chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
• hypertensive
• idiopathic intracranial hypertension
• intracranial hypertension
• portal hypertension
• pregnancy-induced hypertension
• prehypertension
• pseudohypertension
• pulmonary hypertension
• white coat hypertension

Translations

abnormally high blood pressure

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: гіпертэ́нзія f (hipjerténzija)
• Bulgarian: високо кръвно налягане (visoko krăvno naljagane)
• Burmese: သွေးတိုးရောဂါ (my) (swe:tui:rau:ga)
• Catalan: hipertensió f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高血壓 / 高血压 (gou¹ hyut³ aat³)

  Mandarin: 高血壓 / 高血压 (zh) (gāoxuèyā)

• Czech: hypertenze (cs) f
• Dutch: hypertensie (nl)
• Finnish: hypertensio (fi), verenpainetauti (fi)
• French: hypertension (fr) f
• German: Bluthochdruck (de) m, Hypertonie (de) f, Hypertension f
• Greek: υπέρταση (el) f (ypértasi)
• Hungarian: magas vérnyomás (hu), hipertónia (hu)
• Icelandic: háþrýstingur (is) m, óeðlilega hár blóðþrýstingur m
• Indonesian: hipertensi (id), darah tinggi (id)
• Italian: ipertensione (it) f
• Japanese: 高血圧 (ja) (こうけつあつ, kōketsuatsu)
• Kazakh: жоғары қан қысымы (joğarı qan qısımı)
• Korean: 고혈압(高血壓) (ko) (gohyeorap)
• Latin: hypertensio f
• Malay: hipertensi (ms)
• Polish: nadciśnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: hipertensão (pt) f
• Russian: гиперте́нзия (ru) f (gipertɛ́nzija), гипертони́я (ru) f (gipertoníja), повы́шенное кровяно́е давле́ние n (povýšennoje krovjanóje davlénije)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: hypertonija f

• Spanish: hipertensión (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: hei brudu
• Swahili: shinikizo la juu la damu
• Swedish: hypertoni (sv) c
• Tagalog: altapresyon, mataas na presyon
• Telugu: అధిక రక్తపోటు (te) (adhika raktapōṭu)
• Thai: ความดันโลหิตสูง (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt-sǔung)
• Turkish: hipertansiyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: гіперте́нзія f (hiperténzija), гіпертоні́я f (hipertoníja)
• Ulithian: haaybl’aad

References

• “hypertension, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Finnish

Noun

hypertension

1. genitive singular of hypertensio

French

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ tension.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France):

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Noun

hypertension f (plural hypertensions)

1. (pathology) hypertension

Further reading

• “hypertension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Interlingua

Noun

hypertension (uncountable)

1. (pathology) hypertension (abnormally high blood pressure)