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counterhypertensive en · ADJ

Etymology

From counter- + hypertensive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Countering hypertension.
    • Shan et al [40 ] also demonstrated that within the NTS, AT 1 inhibited further blood pressure elevation in the SHR, acting as a counterhypertensive mechanism involving inflammatory/angiogenic cells. 2015 September 16, “Early Training-Induced Reduction of Angiotensinogen in Autonomic Areas—The Main Effect of Exercise on Brain Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertensive Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: