high blood pressure
noun
: abnormally elevated blood pressure especially of the arteries
also
: hypertension
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Monitoring blood pressure can detect high blood pressure.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 12 Jan. 2025
Along with his obesity amd high blood pressure, Henry suffered from painful venous leg ulcers that made his lower limbs swell, and pustules would burst.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Islam’s father now struggles with unmedicated high blood pressure and diabetes.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
This can happen in people with high blood pressure: The heart gets more muscular from the work of pumping blood into a system where pressures are higher.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 12 Jan. 2025
Along with his obesity amd high blood pressure, Henry suffered from painful venous leg ulcers that made his lower limbs swell, and pustules would burst.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Islam’s father now struggles with unmedicated high blood pressure and diabetes.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
This can happen in people with high blood pressure: The heart gets more muscular from the work of pumping blood into a system where pressures are higher.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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“High blood pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20blood%20pressure. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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