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SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hypertension that is secondary to another disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("secondary hypertension" is a kind of...):
high blood pressure; hypertension (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))