hipertensión

hypertension

noun ee-pehr-ten-SYON Rare

Also means

high blood pressure

Usage Note

Hipertensión is the medical term for persistently elevated blood pressure, often abbreviated to HTA (hipertensión arterial) in clinical notes. Patients and non-specialists more commonly say tensión alta or presión alta in everyday speech. The opposite condition is hipotensión. Note the silent 'h' at the start: Spanish speakers pronounce it starting with the 'i' sound.

Examples

"Su médico le diagnosticó hipertensión arterial."

Natural Translation

Her doctor diagnosed her with arterial hypertension.

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