hypotensive

From hypo- +‎ tensive.

hypotensive (comparative more hypotensive, superlative most hypotensive)

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

      Coordinate terms: normotensive, nonhypertensive

      hypotensive patients

   2. Producing hypotension.

      Synonym: antihypertensive

      hypotensive medications

      • 2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa:

        Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.

• hypertensive

hypotensive (plural hypotensives)

1. Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.

   a hypotensive agent such as an opioid

2. A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.

   Synonym: antihypertensive

   a hypotensive agent such as an ARB or an ACEI

3. A person with hypotension.

• IPA^(key): /i.pɔ.tɑ̃.siv/
• Homophone: hypotensives

hypotensive

1. feminine singular of hypotensif