malignant hypertension

Noun malignant hypertension has 1 sense

• malignant hypertension(n = noun.state) - 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"
is a kind of high blood pressure, hypertension
has particulars: portal hypertension