hypertension
B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Persistently raised pressure of the blood against the artery walls, a major risk factor for stroke and heart disease.
We diagnosed hypertension after three separate readings above 140 over 90.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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