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HYPERPIESIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperpiesia mean?

• HYPERPIESIA (noun)
The noun HYPERPIESIA has 1 sense:

1. persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found

Familiarity information: HYPERPIESIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPERPIESIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

essential hypertension; hyperpiesia; hyperpiesis

Hypernyms ("hyperpiesia" 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))

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