hypertension

From hyper- +‎ tension.

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

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• Hyphenation: hy‧per‧ten‧sion

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.

• high blood pressure (informal)

• hypotension

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

hypertension

1. genitive singular of hypertensio

From hyper- +‎ tension.

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

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hypertension f (plural hypertensions)

1. (pathology) hypertension

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

hypertension (uncountable)

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