hypotensive
/,haipou'tensiv/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Having abnormally low blood pressure: Describes a condition, substance, or person characterized by blood pressure that is below the normal, healthy range.
Noun:
- A person who has abnormally low blood pressure: An individual who suffers from the medical condition of hypotension.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The patient was hypotensive and required immediate medical attention.
- This medication has a hypotensive effect, meaning it lowers blood pressure.
- Noun:
- As a chronic hypotensive, she often feels dizzy when standing up quickly.
- The study compared the responses of hypertensives and hypotensives to the new drug.
Advanced Usage
- Medical Context: The term is primarily used in clinical, medical, or pharmacological settings to describe a state or an agent that reduces blood pressure.
- The anesthetic agent induced a hypotensive state to minimize bleeding during surgery.
- Comparative Form: While less common, the comparative "more hypotensive" can be used when comparing the blood-pressure-lowering effects of different substances or conditions.
- Drug A was found to be more hypotensive than Drug B in the trial.
Variants and Related Words
- Hypotension (n): The medical condition of having low blood pressure.
- Orthostatic hypotension is a sudden drop in blood pressure upon standing.
- Antihypertensive (adj/n): Having the effect of reducing high blood pressure; a drug used to treat high blood pressure. (This is a related but distinct term, as it treats the opposite condition).
Synonyms
- Adjective: Low-blood-pressure (compound adjective).
- Noun: (There is no direct common synonym; the condition is "a person with hypotension").
Antonyms
- Hypertensive (adj/n): Having abnormally high blood pressure; a person with high blood pressure.
- Normotensive (adj/n): Having normal blood pressure; a person with normal blood pressure.
Adjective
- having abnormally low blood pressure
Noun
- a person who has abnormally low blood pressure