antihypertensive

American  

[an-tee-hahy-per-ten-siv, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˌhaɪ pərˈtɛn sɪv, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. acting to reduce hypertension.

   an antihypertensive drug, diet, or regimen.

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noun

1. a drug, as a diuretic, used to treat hypertension.

Etymology

Origin of antihypertensive

First recorded in 1955–60; anti- + hypertensive

Example Sentences

Patients in the intensive treatment group received multiple classes of hypertensive medications and higher doses of antihypertensive medications in comparison to the usual-treatment group.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

Amlodipine, an antihypertensive drug, was known to cause this kind of photosensitivity, but the patient had started this medicine recently, months after he first mentioned the rash.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023

All of those patients were treated with antihypertensive medicine.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2014

For instance, he refused to treat man with a history of a kidney transplant who had not taken his immunosuppressants or antihypertensive drugs the morning he came in for an IV treatment.

From Time • Jan. 15, 2013

Other benefits of removing blood, including the lowering of blood pressure, can be obtained by the use of antihypertensive drugs.

From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby