hypertensive

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ tensive or hypertension +‎ -ive.

Adjective

hypertensive

  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
    • 2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      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%).

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Noun

hypertensive (plural hypertensives)

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

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