noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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hīpətĕnʹshən
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌhaɪ.pəˈtɛn.ʃən/
US:/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈtɛn.ʃən/
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CMU ARPABET:HH AY2 P ER0 T EH1 N SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A state of great (nervous or emotional) tension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension English hypertension From hyper- + tension.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
гіпертэ́нзія
(hipjerténzija)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Bulgarian:
високо кръвно налягане
(visoko krǎvno naljagane)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Burmese:
သွေးတိုးရောဂါ
(swe:tui:rau:ga)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Catalan:
hipertensió
— abnormally high blood pressure
Chinese Cantonese:
高血壓 /高血压
(gou1 hyut3 aat3)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Chinese Mandarin:
高血壓 /高血压
(gāoxuèyā)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Czech:
hypertenze
— abnormally high blood pressure
Dutch:
hypertensie
— abnormally high blood pressure
Finnish:
hypertensio
— abnormally high blood pressure
Finnish:
verenpainetauti
— abnormally high blood pressure
French:
hypertension
— abnormally high blood pressure
German:
Bluthochdruck
— abnormally high blood pressure
German:
Hypertonie
— abnormally high blood pressure
German:
Hypertension
— abnormally high blood pressure
Greek:
υπέρταση
(ypértasi)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Hungarian:
magas vérnyomás
— abnormally high blood pressure
Hungarian:
hipertónia
— abnormally high blood pressure
Icelandic:
háþrýstingur
— abnormally high blood pressure
Icelandic:
óeðlilega hár blóðþrýstingur
— abnormally high blood pressure
Indonesian:
hipertensi
— abnormally high blood pressure
Indonesian:
darah tinggi
— abnormally high blood pressure
Italian:
ipertensione
— abnormally high blood pressure
Japanese:
高血圧
(kōketsuatsu)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Kazakh:
жоғары қан қысымы
(joğary qan qysymy)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Korean:
고혈압
(gohyeorap)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Latin:
hypertensio
— abnormally high blood pressure
Malay:
hipertensi
— abnormally high blood pressure
Polish:
nadciśnienie
— abnormally high blood pressure
Portuguese:
hipertensão
— abnormally high blood pressure
Russian:
гиперте́нзия
(gipertɛ́nzija)
— abnormally high blood pressure
Russian:
гипертони́я
(gipertoníja)
— abnormally high blood pressure
