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hypertensive

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L322191 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. suffering from hypertension
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.

  1. 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.

  1. A person with hypertension.
  2. A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.