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high blood pressure

high blood pres·sure


noun 
Definition:
 
condition of circulatory system: unusually high blood pressure in the arteries. It encompasses atypical elevation of either the peak blood pressure at each heartbeat systolic pressure, or the running pressure between heart beats diastolic pressure, or both.

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