malignant hypertension
1Malignant hypertension — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing thrombotic microangiopathy, a histomorphologic finding seen in malignant hypertension. Kidney biopsy. PAS stain …
2malignant hypertension — n essential hypertension characterized by acute onset, severe symptoms, rapidly progressive course, and poor prognosis * * * a severe hypertensive state with poor prognosis; it is characterized by papilledema of the ocular fundus with vascular… …
3malignant hypertension — noun severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension • Hypernyms: ↑high blood pressure,… …
4malignant nephrosclerosis — malignant arteriolar nephrosclerosis a rare form of arteriolar nephrosclerosis affecting all the vessels of the body, especially small renal arteries and arterioles, often associated with malignant hypertension and hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis …
5Hypertension (disambiguation) — Hypertension may refer to the following: * Hypertension without a qualifier usually refers to arterial hypertension (high blood pressure of the arteries) ** Pregnancy induced hypertension is newly diagnosed arterial hypertension in pregnant women …
6Malignant — (from the Latin roots mal = bad and genus = born ) is a medical term used to describe a severe and progressively worsening disease. The term is most familiar as a description of cancer. A malignant tumor may be contrasted with a non cancerous… …
7hypertension — /huy peuhr ten sheuhn/, n. 1. Pathol. a. elevation of the blood pressure, esp. the diastolic pressure. b. an arterial disease characterized by this condition. 2. excessive or extreme emotional tenseness. [1890 95; HYPER + TENSION] * * * or high… …
8Hypertension — This article is about arterial hypertension. For other forms of hypertension, see Hypertension (disambiguation). Hypertension Classification and external resources Automated arm blood pressure meter showing arterial hypertension (show …
9malignant — 1. Resistant to treatment; occurring in severe form, and frequently fatal; tending to become worse and leading to an ingravescent course. 2. In reference to a neoplasm, having the property of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis …
10malignant — adj. 1) describing a tumour that invades and destroys the tissue in which it originates and has the potential to spread to other sites in the body via the bloodstream and lymphatic system. See: cancer, metastasis 2) describing any disorder that… …
