Author Question: The medical term for persistently high blood pressure is: A) hypotension B) hypertension C) ... (Read 101 times)

fnuegbu · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The medical term for persistently high blood pressure is:

A) hypotension
B) hypertension
C) cardiomyopathy
D) ischemia

Question 2

Select the prefix that means different.

A) homo-
B) heter-
C) hypo-
D) hyper-

EAN94 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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.

Answer to Question 2

B
Explanation: The antonym of heter- is homo-, meaning same. Hypo-, below, deficient, abnormally low, and hyper-, above, high, abnormally high, are also antonyms.