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hypertensive en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
    • 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%). 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, →DOI:

Deriveds

antihypertensive · prehypertensive · prohypertensive · hypertensively · counterhypertensive · nonhypertensive

Translations (8)

es hipertensivo (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · fi hypertensiivinen (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · fr hypertensif (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · it ipertensivo (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · ca hipertensiu (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · pt hipertensor (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · fr hypertenseur (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension) · tr hipertansif (of or pertaining to, or causing hypertension)

hypertensive en · NOUN

Etymology

From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.

Meanings

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

Forms

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hypertensives Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

fr hypertendu (a person with hypertension) · ca hipertens (a person with hypertension)