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Hypertension

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004073

A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher. Hypertension 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 high blood pressure.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004073
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymshigh blood pressure
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004073",
  "term": "Hypertension",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher. Hypertension 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 high blood pressure.",
  "synonyms": [
    "high blood pressure"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/hypertension/"
}

Record 8,842 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.