Definition of "high blood pressure" [high blood pressure]

• Hypertension. (noun)

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• "Patients with high blood pressure and coronary artery disease who took NSAIDs regularly had a 47 percent increase in the rate of death as well as nonfatal heart attack and stroke."
• "One astronaut confided in me that he repeatedly exhibited excessively high blood pressure when the flight surgeons conducted their pre-WETF vital sign checks."
• "Mindful of her annual checkups, she flosses her teeth regularly and watches what she eats,41 because she has high blood pressure and irritable bowel syndrome."