hypertension

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Etymology

hyper- +‎ tension

Pronunciation

Noun

hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural hypertensions)

  1. (medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure.

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Finnish

Noun

hypertension

  1. genitive singular of hypertensio

French

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ tension.

Pronunciation

Noun

hypertension f (plural hypertensions)

  1. (pathology) hypertension

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Interlingua

Noun

hypertension (uncountable)

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