Etymology

pseudohypertension

Today it means: A falsely elevated blood pressure or blood pressure reading, often as a result of age-related arterial stiffness. Full definition →

English hypertension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  7. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  8. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  9. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  10. Englishhyper-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  14. Proto-Italic*tendō
  15. Latintendō
  16. Latintēnsiō
  17. Middle Frenchtension
  18. Englishtension
  19. Englishhypertension
  20. English todaypseudohypertension

From pseudo- + hypertension.

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