hypertension

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ tension

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə(ɹ)ˈtɛn.ʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈtɛn.ʃən/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural hypertensions)

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure.

Synonyms

high blood pressure (colloquial)

Antonyms

hypotension

Derived terms

Derived terms

arterial hypertension
hypertensive
portal hypertension
prehypertension
pregnancy-induced hypertension
pulmonary hypertension
white coat hypertension

Translations

abnormally high blood pressure

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: гіпертэ́нзія f (hipjerténzija)
Bulgarian: високо кръвно налягане (visoko krǎvno naljagane)
Burmese: သွေးတိုးရောဂါ (my) (swe:tui:rau:ga)
Catalan: hipertensió f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 高血壓／高血压 (gou¹ hyut³ aat³)

Mandarin: 高血壓／高血压 (zh) (gāoxuèyā)
Czech: hypertenze (cs) f
Dutch: hypertensie (nl)
Finnish: hypertensio (fi), verenpainetauti (fi)
French: hypertension (fr) f
German: Bluthochdruck (de) m, Hypertonie (de) f, Hypertension f
Greek: υπέρταση (el) f (ypértasi)
Icelandic: háþrýstingur (is) m, óeðlilega hár blóðþrýstingur m
Indonesian: hipertensi (id), darah tinggi (id)
Italian: ipertensione (it) f
Japanese: 高血圧 (ja) (こうけつあつ, kōketsuatsu)
Kazakh: жоғары қан қысымы (joğary qan qysymy)
Korean: 고혈압 (ko) (gohyeorap)
Latin: hypertensio f
Polish: nadciśnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: hipertensão (pt) f
Russian: гиперте́нзия (ru) f (gipertɛ́nzija), гипертони́я (ru) f (gipertoníja), повы́шенное кровяно́е давле́ние n (povýšennoje krovjanóje davlénije)
Spanish: hipertensión (es) f
Swedish: hypertoni (sv) c
Tagalog: sukduldiin
Telugu: అధిక రక్తపోటు (te) (adhika raktapōṭu)
Thai: ความดันโลหิตสูง (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt-sǔung)
Turkish: hipertansiyon (tr)
Ukrainian: гіперте́нзія f (hiperténzija), гіпертоні́я f (hipertoníja)
Upper Sorbian: hypertonija f

Finnish

Noun

hypertension

genitive singular of hypertensio

French

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ tension.

Pronunciation

^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

hypertension f (plural hypertensions)

(pathology) hypertension

Further reading

“hypertension”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

hypertension (uncountable)

(pathology) hypertension (abnormally high blood pressure)

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