hypertensive
noun
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L322191 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- suffering from hypertension
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.
- Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
“The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).”
noun
Etymology: From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.
- A person with hypertension.
- A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.