high blood pressure

/haɪ bləd ˌprɛʃər/

/haɪ bləd ˈprɛʃə/

Other forms: high blood pressures

Definitions of high blood pressure

1. noun

   a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
   synonyms: hypertension

   types:

   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

   portal hypertension

   increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins

   type of:

   cardiovascular disease

   a disease of the heart or blood vessels