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hypertensive
1. Any abnormally high tension.
2. Abnormally high blood pressure, or a disease of which this is the chief sign.
2. Abnormally high blood pressure, or a disease of which this is the chief sign.
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hyper-, hyp-
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tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious
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hypertensive crisis
A sudden increase of blood pressure to a very high level associated with
vomiting, severe headache, transient blindness, and the rapid deterioration
of renal (kidney) function.