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hypotensive
[hahy-poh-ten-siv]
adjective
characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.
noun
a hypotensive person or agent.
Word History and Origins
Origin of hypotensive1
Example Sentences
"I was hypotensive this morning, and last night my heart rate was 130," Maybe said.
“Ethically, we cannot tell them not to take medicine, but from time to time, we get participants who do not take medicine so we can get hypertensive and hypotensive people this way.”
Most of these children recover, but many develop complications, including hypotensive shock, perforation of the gut and gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
I get a bit … is it hypertensive or hypotensive?
A common dose of blood pressure medicine might render an already sick patient dangerously hypotensive.
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