pre-hypertension
Noun
Meaning
pre-hypertension (uncountable)
Alternative form of prehypertension
Examples
As you can see, using medication to treat high blood pressure is either ineffective (in the case of pre-hypertension), or plagued with the potential for side effects that can make life very unpleasant.
In addition to tightening the definition of high blood pressure, the new report does away with the old category of "pre-hypertension," which was defined as a top (systolic) reading of 120 to 139 or a bottom (diastolic) number between 80 and 89.