Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 7 compound words that contain hypertension. The most common are listed below. Open hypertension in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- white coat hypertensionElevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
- intracranial hypertensionThe condition, usually chronic, of elevated pressure in the skull above normal levels; increased intracranial pressure.
- portal hypertensionIncreased blood pressure in the hepatic portal system (the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries).
- pre-hypertensionAlternative form of prehypertension: A blood pressure higher than normal but not high enough to be considered hypertension.
- idiopathic intracranial hypertensionSynonym of pseudotumor cerebri: A disease characterised by increased intracranial pressure of idiopathic aetiology, commonly affecting middle-aged women.
- chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensionA form of pulmonary hypertension caused by chronic, unresolved blood clots in the pulmonary arteries that become organized into fibrotic tissue. Persistent obstructions can increase resistance to blood flow through the lungs, which raises …
- whitecoat hypertensionAlternative form of white coat hypertension: Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
Compound words 7
- angiotensinAny of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
- hypertensiveOf, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
- antihypertensiveAn agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.
- atenololA beta blocker used mainly to treat angina and high blood pressure.
- antihypertensionCountering hypertension.
- prehypertensionA blood pressure higher than normal but not high enough to be considered hypertension.
- pseudohypertensionA falsely elevated blood pressure or blood pressure reading, often as a result of age-related arterial stiffness.