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.

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