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hypotensive
[ hahy-poh-ten-siv ]
adjective
- characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.
noun
- a hypotensive person or agent.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hypotensive1
First recorded in 1900–05; hypotens(ion) + -ive
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"I was hypotensive this morning, and last night my heart rate was 130," Maybe said.
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“Ethically, we cannot tell them not to take medicine, but from time to time, we get participants who do not take medicine so we can get hypertensive and hypotensive people this way.”
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Most of these children recover, but many develop complications, including hypotensive shock, perforation of the gut and gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
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I get a bit … is it hypertensive or hypotensive?
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A common dose of blood pressure medicine might render an already sick patient dangerously hypotensive.
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