antihypertensiveadj.n.
Med. and Pharmacol.
A. adj.
Of a naturally occurring substance, a drug, or a form of treatment: that lowers high blood pressure or intraocular pressure. Also: of or relating to this effect.
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1941 Science 4 Apr. 332/2 Without much question the antihypertensive action of the hog renin injections was not due to the coincidental presence of the antipressor substance.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 5 Aug. 289/2 Patients receiving antihypertensive medication were classified..as normotensive, if the readings were 150/90 mm. Hg or less.
1981 Current Eye Res. 1 169 This new rabbit model may also warrant consideration for use in screening ocular antihypertensive drugs.
1993 Men's Health Nov. 52/1 A program of weight lifting and aerobic exercise lowered blood pressure as effectively as antihypertensive medicine.
2000 Saga Mag. Feb. 100/3 Antihypertensive treatment is beneficial until at least age 80 and regular screening of blood pressure should continue until his age.
B. n.
An antihypertensive agent.
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1944 N.Y. Physician Dec. 27 (advt.) Allimen is..an effective, harmless anti-hypertensive safe for long-continued use.
1957 Q. Rev. Biol. 32 398/1 During the past ten years quiet research and clinical tests have established the value of Rauwolfia as an effective antihypertensive.
1976 Southern Med. Jrnl. 69 152 Antihypertensives and diuretics are used for cardiovascular indications.
2003 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 20/1 A polypill combines three or four drugs—an antihypertensive to lower blood pressure, a statin to lower cholesterol, aspirin to thin the blood and a vitamin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2011).
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adj.n.1941