| NOUN | state | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Example | "malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension" | |
| Narrower | portal hypertension | increase / increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins |
| Broader | 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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