Definition of hypotensive in English:
hypotensive
adjective hʌɪpəʊˈtɛnsɪvˌhaɪpoʊˈtɛnsɪv
1Lowering the blood pressure.
Example sentencesExamples
- The main secondary outcomes were recorded treatment with hypotensive agents, lipid lowering drugs, and antiplatelet drugs.
- Intravascular volume depletion can also potentiate the hypotensive effect of beta blockade.
- He was treated with hypotensive drugs and anticoagulants and had no neurological sequelae.
- The hypotensive effects of garlic appear to be marginal.
- These inhibitors can potentiate the hypotensive effects of nitrates and alpha blockers.
- 1.1 Relating to or suffering from abnormally low blood pressure.
one of these animals was hypotensive
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite administration of multiple boluses of fluid, he remained hypotensive and anuric.
- Forty hypotensive subjects and 40 normotensive controls participated in this study.
- Within 12 hours he was hypotensive, oliguric, tachypnoeic, increasingly drowsy, and confused.
- For a brief period she became hypotensive but fever resolved, her dermatitis improved and she made a good recovery.
- The patient's final admission occurred 2 months later, when she became hypotensive during hemodialysis.
Definition of hypotensive in US English:
hypotensive
adjectiveˌhaɪpoʊˈtɛnsɪvˌhīpōˈtensiv
1Lowering the blood pressure.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was treated with hypotensive drugs and anticoagulants and had no neurological sequelae.
- The main secondary outcomes were recorded treatment with hypotensive agents, lipid lowering drugs, and antiplatelet drugs.
- The hypotensive effects of garlic appear to be marginal.
- These inhibitors can potentiate the hypotensive effects of nitrates and alpha blockers.
- Intravascular volume depletion can also potentiate the hypotensive effect of beta blockade.
- 1.1 Relating to or suffering from abnormally low blood pressure.
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite administration of multiple boluses of fluid, he remained hypotensive and anuric.
- The patient's final admission occurred 2 months later, when she became hypotensive during hemodialysis.
- For a brief period she became hypotensive but fever resolved, her dermatitis improved and she made a good recovery.
- Within 12 hours he was hypotensive, oliguric, tachypnoeic, increasingly drowsy, and confused.
- Forty hypotensive subjects and 40 normotensive controls participated in this study.