high blood pressure
elevation of the arterial blood pressure or a condition resulting from it; hypertension. Abbreviation: HBP
Origin of high blood pressure
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How to use high blood pressure in a sentence
They say another passenger trapped in line is suffering from high blood pressure.
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The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMedical panel loosens guidelines about when people over 60 should be treated for high blood pressure.
Up to a Point: 2013 in Review and Predictions for 2014 | P. J. O’Rourke | January 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSecond, the rates of high blood pressure, etc were not that low.
No, Really, It's Possible That Health Insurance May Not Make Us Healthier | Megan McArdle | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI suffered intense sinus flare-ups, headaches, high blood pressure, wheezes, and coughs.
Apoplexy comes next, especially if the fat man is also a florid man with a fast heart or an inclination to high blood pressure.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictHormotone Without Post-Pituitary is recommended for use in neurasthenic conditions associated with high blood pressure.
I am called to the draft, and they found I have high blood pressure.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyDoctors had told him he was in danger of death because of severe attacks of vertigo and a high blood pressure.
The Goat-gland Transplantation | Sydney B. FlowerHardening of the arteries as well as high blood pressure are returned to normal in 100 per cent of the cases.
The Goat-gland Transplantation | Sydney B. Flower
Scientific definitions for high blood pressure
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