SECONDARY HYPERTENSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secondary hypertension mean? 

• SECONDARY HYPERTENSION (noun)
  The noun SECONDARY HYPERTENSION has 1 sense:

1. hypertension that is secondary to another disease

  Familiarity information: SECONDARY HYPERTENSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECONDARY HYPERTENSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hypertension that is secondary to another disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("secondary hypertension" 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))