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hy·per·ten·sion

[HI-PER-TEN-SHUHN] noun

A disease

otherwise known as

high blood pressure.

As in: Mom doesn’t want Dad

eating salt, because too much of it

increases the volume

of blood,

which can cause hypertension.

As in: Hypertension

can affect all types of people,

but you have a higher risk

if someone in your family

has had the disease.

As in: I think

my grandfather

died of hypertension?