WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
high′ blood′ pres′sure, 
  1. Pathologyelevation of the arterial blood pressure or a condition resulting from it;
    hypertension. Abbr.: HBP
  • 1915–20

'high blood pressure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ACE inhibitor - HBP - Loniten - alpha-blocker - beta-blocker - calcium channel blocker - clonidine - eclampsia - essential hypertension - hypertension - hypertensive - pre-eclampsia

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