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hypertension

/hahy-per-ten-shuhn/US // ˌhaɪ pərˈtɛn ʃən //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈtɛnʃən) //

高血压,高血脂,高血压病,高气压

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure.an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
    • : excessive or extreme emotional tenseness.

Examples

  • They have lower rates of insurance coverage and can’t see doctors or afford medication as regularly, so diabetes and hypertension are more likely to cause complications like kidney disease.

  • As someone who suffers from hypertension and Type 2 diabetes, I’m keenly aware of the perils of receiving counterfeit medicines.

  • There’s been much discussion about how underlying medical conditions such as hypertension and Type 2 diabetes are associated with higher risk of dying from the coronavirus.

  • A 2019 study found that women who experience workplace sexual harassment and assault have higher risks of hypertension, poor sleep, depression and anxiety.

  • Researchers have documented increased obesity, heart disease and hypertension, and mental illness associated with joblessness, particularly long-term unemployment.

  • Some were elderly with underlying conditions like hypertension and diabetes.

  • Our current preventive routine focuses on treating such cardiac risk factors as hypertension and cholesterol.

  • Stroke fatalities have notably decreased, because we've gotten pretty good at controlling hypertension.

  • Of course, we shouldn't go overboard: Oregon only looked at hypertension, cholesterol, and blood sugar.

  • By one estimate I've seen, hypertension control has cut the death rate from stroke in half, and from heart attacks by a third.

  • Primary arteriosclerotic contracted kidney shows hypertension and secondary circulatory disturbance.

  • It is a state of the nervous system such as appears in hypertension.

  • Goaded and overkeyed into a state of hypertension, it had retaliated with insensibility.

  • It is not intended to convey the impression that hypertension is of no moment.

  • In this sense hypertension is not only essential, but actually life-saving.