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hypertensions

hypertensions is the plural of hypertension.

Meaning of hypertension

Noun

hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural hypertensions)

  1. A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.
    • Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. A state of great (nervous or emotional) tension.
    • The opportunity for which she had been tensely waiting was upon her. In a few minutes, as this hypertension and ruthlessness faded in her, it would be gone.1913, John Masters, The Lotus and the Wind, Michael Joseph Ltd., published 1916, page 101

Questions about hypertensions

What is hypertensions the plural of?
Hypertensions is the plural of hypertension.

Words near hypertensions in the dictionary

  1. hypertensin
  2. hypertensinogen
  3. hypertensinogenic
  4. hypertensins
  5. hypertension
  6. hypertensions
  7. hypertensive
  8. hypertensively
  9. hypertensives
  10. hypertensor
  11. hypertensors

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