English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
Hypertension — artérielle Pour les articles homonymes, voir HTA. L hypertension artérielle, ou HTA, est définie par une pression artérielle trop élevée. Le patient porteur d une HTA est un hypertendu. Sommaire 1 Épidémiologie … Wikipédia en Français
hypertension — [ ipɛrtɑ̃sjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1895; de hyper et tension ♦ Tension artérielle supérieure à la normale; augmentation de la tension. Souffrir d hypertension (cf. Avoir de la tension). ⊗ CONTR. Hypotension. ● hypertension nom féminin Augmentation anormale… … Encyclopédie Universelle
hypertension — n. abnormally high blood pressure; especially, the chronic condition associated with persistent high blood pressure. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hypertension — 1863, from HYPER (Cf. hyper ) + TENSION (Cf. tension). Originally in medical use; of emotions or nerves, from 1936 … Etymology dictionary
hypertension — ► NOUN ▪ abnormally high blood pressure. DERIVATIVES hypertensive adjective … English terms dictionary
hypertension — [hī΄pər ten′shən] n. 1. any abnormally high tension 2. abnormally high blood pressure, or a disease of which this is the chief sign hypertensive adj., n … English World dictionary
Hypertension — This article is about arterial hypertension. For other forms of hypertension, see Hypertension (disambiguation). Hypertension Classification and external resources Automated arm blood pressure meter showing arterial hypertension (show … Wikipedia
hypertension — /huy peuhr ten sheuhn/, n. 1. Pathol. a. elevation of the blood pressure, esp. the diastolic pressure. b. an arterial disease characterized by this condition. 2. excessive or extreme emotional tenseness. [1890 95; HYPER + TENSION] * * * or high… … Universalium
hypertension — High blood pressure; transitory or sustained elevation of systemic arterial blood pressure to a level likely to induce cardiovascular damage or other adverse consequences. H. has been arbitrarily defined as a s … Medical dictionary
hypertension — n. high blood pressure, i.e. elevation of the arterial blood pressure above the normal range expected in a particular age group. Hypertension may be of unknown cause (essential hypertension or hyperpiesia). It may also result from kidney disease … The new mediacal dictionary
Hypertension — Hypertonie (syn: Hypertonus, Hypertension) bedeutet in der Medizin die Erhöhung eines Drucks oder einer Spannung über die Norm hinaus. Dies kann bei erhöhtem Spannungszustand der Muskulatur im Rahmen von Erkrankungen des Extrapyramidalmotorischen … Deutsch Wikipedia
