"high blood pressure" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: cardiovascular disease - a disease of the heart or blood vessels
subtypes:
- essential hypertension, hyperpiesia, hyperpiesis - persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found
- malignant hypertension - severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain
- secondary hypertension - hypertension that is secondary to another disease
- white-coat hypertension - temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office
same as: hypertension