"hypertension" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhaɪ.pəˈtɛn.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈtɛn.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-hypertension.wav Forms: hypertensions [plural]
enPR: hīpətĕnʹshən Etymology: From hyper- + tension. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hyper-|tension}} hyper- + tension Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural hypertensions)
  1. (medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (abnormally high blood pressure): гіпертэ́нзія (hipjerténzija) [feminine] (Belarusian), високо кръвно налягане (visoko krǎvno naljagane) (Bulgarian), သွေးတိုးရောဂါ (swe:tui:rau:ga) (Burmese), hipertensió [feminine] (Catalan), 高血壓 /高血压 (gou¹ hyut³ aat³) (Chinese Cantonese), 高血壓 /高血压 (gāoxuèyā) (Chinese Mandarin), hypertenze [feminine] (Czech), hypertensie (Dutch), hypertensio (Finnish), verenpainetauti (Finnish), hypertension [feminine] (French), Bluthochdruck [masculine] (German), Hypertonie [feminine] (German), Hypertension [feminine] (German), υπέρταση (ypértasi) [feminine] (Greek), háþrýstingur [masculine] (Icelandic), óeðlilega hár blóðþrýstingur [masculine] (Icelandic), hipertensi (Indonesian), darah tinggi (Indonesian), ipertensione [feminine] (Italian), 高血圧 (kōketsuatsu) (alt: こうけつあつ) (Japanese), жоғары қан қысымы (joğary qan qysymy) (Kazakh), 고혈압 (gohyeorap) (alt: 高血壓) (Korean), hypertensio [feminine] (Latin), hipertensi (Malay), nadciśnienie [neuter] (Polish), hipertensão [feminine] (Portuguese), гиперте́нзия (gipertɛ́nzija) [feminine] (Russian), гипертони́я (gipertoníja) [feminine] (Russian), повы́шенное кровяно́е давле́ние (povýšennoje krovjanóje davlénije) [neuter] (Russian), hipertensión [feminine] (Spanish), shinikizo la juu la damu (Swahili), hypertoni [common-gender] (Swedish), altapresyon (Tagalog), mataas na presyon (Tagalog), అధిక రక్తపోటు (adhika raktapōṭu) (Telugu), ความดันโลหิตสูง (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt-sǔung) (Thai), hipertansiyon (Turkish), гіперте́нзія (hiperténzija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гіпертоні́я (hipertoníja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hypertonija [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)
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  2. A state of great (nervous or emotional) tension. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hypertension-en-noun-R-2GGg5d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: high blood pressure [informal]

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "roman": "povýšennoje krovjanóje davlénije",
      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "word": "повы́шенное кровяно́е давле́ние"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "word": "hipertensión"
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
      "word": "shinikizo la juu la damu"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "adhika raktapōṭu",
      "sense": "abnormally high blood pressure",
      "word": "అధిక రక్తపోటు"
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      "code": "th",
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