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%).

Derived terms

• antihypertensive
• counterhypertensive
• hypertensively
• nonhypertensive
• prehypertensive
• prohypertensive

Translations

of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension

• Finnish: hypertensiivinen
• French: hypertensif (fr), hypertenseur (fr)
• Italian: ipertensivo (it)
• Portuguese: hipertensor
• Spanish: hipertensivo
• Turkish: hipertansif

Noun

hypertensive (plural hypertensives)

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

Translations

a person with hypertension

a drug that increases blood pressure

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• French: ^{(please verify)} hypertendu (fr) m