hypotensive

About 0.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to hypotension (low blood pressure). Having hypotension.

   hypotensive patients

2. adjective Having hypotension.

   hypotensive patients

3. adjective Producing hypotension.

   hypotensive medications

4. noun Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.

   a hypotensive agent such as an opioid

5. noun 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

6. noun A person with hypotension.

Similar words

hypotonous hydropenic hypotriglyceridemic hypophosphatemic hypothyroidic hypofibrinemic hypoproteinemic hypertensile hypotactic hypotrophic

Often followed by

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Word family

hypotensives