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本態性高血圧 (hontaiseikouketsuatsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

本ほん態たい性せい高こう血けつ圧あつ

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Meanings

1

essential hypertension

Medical term for high blood pressure with no identifiable secondary cause. Used in clinical contexts.

本ほん態たい性せい高こう血けつ圧あつの患かん者じゃには生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かんの改かい善ぜんが

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られる

。

Patients with essential hypertension are advised to improve their lifestyle habits.

Kanji

本book, present, main
態attitude, condition, figure
性sex, gender, nature
高tall, high, expensive
血blood
圧pressure, push, overwhelm

Related words

二に次じ性せい高こう血けつ圧あつ
Secondary hypertension, caused by an underlying condition such as kidney disease, unlike essential hypertension which has no single identifiable cause.

Etymology

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'.