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high blood pressure

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003879

A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. It can harm the arteries and cause an increase in the risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, and blindness. Also called hypertension.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003879
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymshypertension
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003879",
  "term": "high blood pressure",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. It can harm the arteries and cause an increase in the risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, and blindness. Also called hypertension.",
  "synonyms": [
    "hypertension"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/high-blood-pressure/"
}

Record 8,494 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.