malignant hypertension

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malignant hypertension

A patient is diagnosed with malignant hypertension during a medical checkup.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A severe and rapidly progressing form of high blood pressure: "Malignant hypertension" is a dangerous medical condition characterized by very high blood pressure that develops quickly and causes damage to the lining of blood vessels and vital organs.
Usage
  • "Malignant hypertension" is used exclusively as a medical term. It describes a specific, acute clinical syndrome, not ordinary high blood pressure. It is a noun phrase used as a singular entity.
  • It is typically used in diagnostic, clinical, or educational contexts (e.g., "The patient was diagnosed with malignant hypertension").
Examples
  • Noun:
    • The emergency room team worked quickly to lower the patient's blood pressure due to malignant hypertension.
    • Without immediate treatment, malignant hypertension can lead to organ failure.
Advanced Usage
  • "to progress to malignant hypertension": This phrase describes when severe hypertension becomes this acute, life-threatening condition.
    • His uncontrolled high blood pressure progressed to malignant hypertension.
  • "a case of malignant hypertension": A standard way to refer to an instance of this condition.
    • The journal article reviewed a fatal case of malignant hypertension.
Variants and Related Words
  • Malignant (adj): In a general medical context, this means cancerous. In the specific phrase "malignant hypertension," it means virulent, severe, and rapidly worsening.
  • Hypertension (n): The general medical term for high blood pressure.
  • Hypertensive emergency (n): A broader category of dangerously high blood pressure with acute organ damage, which includes malignant hypertension.
Synonyms
  • Accelerated hypertension: A closely related term, sometimes used interchangeably with malignant hypertension, though they may have subtle clinical distinctions.
  • Hypertensive emergency: A synonym for the broader crisis category.
Related Phrases
  • "Malignant hypertensive crisis": An alternative phrasing emphasizing the acute, emergency nature of the condition.
    • She was admitted for a malignant hypertensive crisis.
malignant hypertension

A patient is diagnosed with malignant hypertension during a medical checkup.

Noun
  1. 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
    • malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension