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prehypertensive

prehypertensive adjective: having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).

Adjective

prehypertensive (comparative more prehypertensive, superlative most prehypertensive)

  1. Having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).

Noun

prehypertensive (plural prehypertensives)

  1. A person with fairly high blood pressure

Forms of prehypertensive

Adjective
comparativemore prehypertensive
superlativemost prehypertensive
Noun
pluralprehypertensives

Origin of prehypertensive

From pre- + hypertensive.

Questions about prehypertensive

What does prehypertensive mean?
Prehypertensive means having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).
What part of speech is prehypertensive?
Prehypertensive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prehypertensive in the dictionary

  1. prehydrolysates
  2. prehydrolysed
  3. prehydrolysis
  4. prehydrolyzed
  5. prehypertension
  6. prehypertensive
  7. prehypertensives
  8. prehypertrophic
  9. prehypertrophy
  10. prehypnosis
  11. prehypnotic

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