Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun essential_hypertension

1 sense of essential hypertension

Sense 1
essential hypertension, hyperpiesia, hyperpiesis -- (persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found)
       => high blood pressure, hypertension -- (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))