The medical term for persistently high blood pressure is:
A) hypotension
B) hypertension
C) cardiomyopathy
D) ischemia
B
Explanation: The prefix hyper- means "excessive, abnormally high, or above"; the root tens, "pressure"; and the suffix -ion, "process." The opposite condition is hypo/tens/ion, which is deficient or low blood pressure.
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