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normotensive

normotensive adjective: having normal tension.

Adjective

normotensive (comparative more normotensive, superlative most normotensive)

  1. Having normal tension.
  2. Having normal blood pressure.
    • Abnormal sodium metabolism may be critical in the causation of certain forms of hypertension... These high-risk patients in whom subsequent hypertension may be prevented include normotensive patients with family histories of hypertension...1986 January, MC Houston, “Sodium and hypertension. A review”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, pages 179–185

Noun

normotensive (plural normotensives)

  1. A person who has normal blood pressure.

Synonyms of normotensive

Forms of normotensive

Adjective
comparativemore normotensive
superlativemost normotensive
Noun
pluralnormotensives

Origin of normotensive

From normo- + tensive.

Words formed from normotensive

Questions about normotensive

What does normotensive mean?
Normotensive means having normal tension.
What part of speech is normotensive?
Normotensive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near normotensive in the dictionary

  1. normospermia
  2. normospermic
  3. normosplanchnic
  4. normospondylic
  5. normotension
  6. normotensive
  7. normotensives
  8. normothermia
  9. normothermic
  10. normothermically
  11. normothermy

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