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hypotensive

hypotensive adjective: having hypotension.

Adjective

hypotensive (comparative more hypotensive, superlative most hypotensive)

  1. Having hypotension.
    • hypotensive patients
  2. Producing hypotension.
    • hypotensive medications
    • Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa

Noun

hypotensive (plural hypotensives)

  1. Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
    • a hypotensive agent such as an opioid
  2. A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
    • a hypotensive agent such as an ARB or an ACEI
  3. A person with hypotension.

hypotensive meaning in Tamil

hypotensive in Tamil

இரத்த குறை அழுத்த நோயர்

Synonyms of hypotensive

Antonyms

Forms of hypotensive

Adjective
comparativemore hypotensive
superlativemost hypotensive
Noun
pluralhypotensives

Origin of hypotensive

From hypo- + tensive.

Words formed from hypotensive

Questions about hypotensive

What does hypotensive mean?
Hypotensive means having hypotension.
What is hypotensive in Tamil?
Hypotensive in Tamil is இரத்த குறை அழுத்த நோயர். See Hypotensive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypotensive?
Hypotensive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hypotensive in the dictionary

  1. hypotelorism
  2. hypotelorisms
  3. hypotensin
  4. hypotension
  5. hypotensions
  6. hypotensive
  7. hypotensives
  8. hypotenusal
  9. hypotenuse
  10. hypotenuses
  11. hypotestosteronaemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypotensive (page history and authors); hypotensive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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