Meaning

2 senses
  1. (colloquial, uncountable)Synonym of hypertension (“abnormally high blood pressure”).

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

  2. (uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, blood pressure.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. I have high blood pressure.

    В мене високий тиск. — ascolto

    ruУ меня гипертония. — Avelesy

    deIch habe hohen Blutdruck. — Manfredo

  2. Tom has high blood pressure.

    У Тома високий тиск. — deniko

    ruУ Тома высокое давление. — marafon

    deTom hat Bluthochdruck. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. He suffered from high blood pressure.

    ruОн мучился от высокого давления. — amanshi

  4. I think Tom has high blood pressure.

  5. They say stress causes high blood pressure.

Origin

From high + blood pressure.

From high + blood pressure.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater):hypertension

See also

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