high blood pressure
noun
: abnormally elevated blood pressure especially of the arteries
also
: hypertension
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Others, however, may be strongly advised to cut back immediately, including people with:
Replacing salt with salt substitutes can significantly reduce your risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, and chronic kidney disease.
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Md Published, Verywell Health, 28 June 2025
This is partially due to the fact that while less people are having fatal heart attacks, people are dying from other kinds of heart disease, including heart failure, arrhythmias and hypertensive heart disease or high blood pressure.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 27 June 2025
The report also says that because of abnormal heart activity, high blood pressure and paranoia, Estupinan had been prescribed three powerful drugs generally used for treating psychiatric problems.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
One detainee was not allowed his high blood pressure pills when family tried to bring it in, said Jennifer Norris, a staff attorney at Immigrant Defenders Law Center.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
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Md Published, Verywell Health, 28 June 2025
This is partially due to the fact that while less people are having fatal heart attacks, people are dying from other kinds of heart disease, including heart failure, arrhythmias and hypertensive heart disease or high blood pressure.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 27 June 2025
The report also says that because of abnormal heart activity, high blood pressure and paranoia, Estupinan had been prescribed three powerful drugs generally used for treating psychiatric problems.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
One detainee was not allowed his high blood pressure pills when family tried to bring it in, said Jennifer Norris, a staff attorney at Immigrant Defenders Law Center.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for high blood pressure
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“High blood pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20blood%20pressure. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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