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NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension"


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

malignant hypertension
    n 1: 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"