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

1 sense of malignant hypertension

Sense 1
malignant hypertension -- (severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain; "malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension")
       => high blood pressure, hypertension -- (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))