noun
essential hypertension
Medical term for high blood pressure with no identifiable secondary cause. Used in clinical contexts.
本態性高血圧の患者には生活習慣の改善が勧められる。
Patients with essential hypertension are advised to improve their lifestyle habits.
Secondary hypertension, caused by an underlying condition such as kidney disease, unlike essential hypertension which has no single identifiable cause.
Compound of 本態性 (essential, idiopathic) and 高血圧 (hypertension). The term is a direct medical borrowing from Western nosology, calqued as 'essential hypertension'.