(pathology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure.

plural of hypertension

plural of hypertensive

Extremely tense.

A person with hypertension. / A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.

Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.

In a hypertensive way.

Alternative form of white coat hypertension

(pathology) Increased blood pressure in the hepatic portal system (the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries).

(medicine, idiomatic) Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.