High Blood Pressure

Definition: High Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: High Blood Pressure

Crosswords: High Blood Pressure

When you did that physical, you discovered my high blood pressure. If you hadn't found it, I'd be dead by now. Thank you. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

I have high blood pressure on my right side and low blood pressure on my left side. (A Day at the Races; writing credit: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton)

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References

• The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on High Blood Pressure (reference)

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Books

• Reversing Hypertension: A Vital New Program to Prevent, Treat, and Reduce High Blood Pressure (reference)

• Control High Blood Pressure Without Drugs: A Complete Hypertension Handbook (reference)

• Controlling High Blood Pressure the Natural Way (reference)

• High Blood Pressure for Dummies (reference)

• Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• High Blood Pressure (reference)

• Say Goodbye to High Blood Pressure (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• High Blood Pressure [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

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Pictured is an adult black male patient and a nurse wearing a lab coat. She is testing him for high blood pressure and they are both looking at the indication on the measuring instrument. The patient may require the use of a drug to control his high blood pressure.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Residents of a Bombay suburb gather ... during a community survey on high blood pressure. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by A.S. Kochar..

Diseases like obesity and high blood pressure may be directly attributable to the "affluent society." / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by M. Jacot..

High blood pressure...you can't tell by the way you feel : High Blood Pressure...Treat it for Life.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

So you think you've been cured of high blood pressure : High Blood Pressure...Treat it for Life.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Think you know what "hypertension" means? : High Blood Pressure...Treat it for Life.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Tie It On At Work. : Check for High Blood Pressure.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

High blood pressure : what you should know.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Simple cysts can also cause high blood pressure. (references)

Headaches also can be caused by high blood pressure. (references)

Many people need medicine to control high blood pressure. (references)

Economic History

Kuwait

Kuwait imports a wide range of drugs and pharmaceuticals - especially, drugs for the treatment of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. (references)

Norway

Best prospects for U.S. suppliers are still drugs associated with the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gastric ulcers, asthma, allergy, depression, and pain relief. (references)

Human Rights

Lebanon

In November 2000, one SLA detainee, Redwan Shakib Ibrahim, died of cancer and another SLA detainee, Barakat al'Amil, died of complications resulting from high blood pressure. (references)

Travel

Yemen

Chemically related to amphetamines, qat is a "Class 4" controlled substance under U.S. law and may not be brought to the U.S. Individuals with heart problems, high blood pressure, insomnia, or gastro-intestinal problems should not chew. (references)

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Chinese 

高血�" . (various references)

Danish

forhoejet blodtryk (hypertension). (various references)

Dutch

verhoogde bloeddruk (hypertension, medicated whole-body bath). (various references)

French

hypertension. (various references)

German

hoher Blutdruck (hypertension), erhöhter Blutdruck (hypertension), bluthochdruck (hypertension, hypertonia). (various references)

Greek 

υπέρταση (hyperhaematosis, hypertension, hypertonia, spike, surge). (various references)

Italian

ipertensione (hypertension). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

高血圧症 (hypertension), 高血圧 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"うけつあつしょう (hypertension), �"うけつあつ. (various references)

Manx

ard-vroo folley. (various references)

Pig Latin

ighhay oodblay essurepray

Portuguese

hipertensão (hyperhaematosis, hypertension, hypertonia, hypertrophy), hipertensão (hypertension), altitude elevada. (various references)

Spanish

hipertension (hypertension), hipertensión (extra high tension, extra high voltage, hyperhaematosis, hypertension, hypertonia, intensity, overstrain). (various references)

Misspellings

"High Blood Pressure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: high blood preasure. (additional references)

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