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High blood pressure   /haɪ bləd prˈɛʃər/   Listen
High blood pressure

noun
1.
A common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater).  Synonym: hypertension.  Antonym: hypotension.






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"High blood pressure" Quotes from Famous Books



... my skull was going to explode from high blood pressure," Malone said. It was beginning to be a little easier to talk. "But as long as there's a slow leak, I guess ...
— The Impossibles • Gordon Randall Garrett

... deal will depend upon whether it has room to grow in, or it will make room by eroding the bone. With space for the formation of a large anterior and posterior pituitary gland, there will be created the long, lean individual, with a tendency to high blood pressure and sexual trends, great mental activity, initiative, irritability and endurance. An outstanding trait of these favorites of fortune is that they remain thin no matter how much food they consume, and they have ...
— The Glands Regulating Personality • Louis Berman, M.D.



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