hypotension
[hahy-puh-ten-shuh n]
- decreased or lowered blood pressure.
- a disease or condition characterized by this symptom.
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Origin of hypotension
Also called low blood pressure.
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In pleurisy with effusion and in pericarditis with effusion there is hypotension.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
Continuation of hypotension seems never to accompany improvement.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
A most interesting and important condition in which hypotension occurs is pulmonary tuberculosis.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
There are some persons who have hypotension, a blood pressure much below the normal.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
These cases are not necessarily associated with hypertension; on the contrary there is more apt to be hypotension.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
hypotension
- pathol abnormally low blood pressure
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hypotension
(hī′pə-tĕn′shən)- Abnormally low arterial blood pressure.hypopiesis
- Reduced pressure or tension of any kind, as of the intraocular or cerebrospinal fluids.
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hypotension
[hī′pə-tĕn′shən]
- Abnormally low blood pressure, especially in the arteries. Also called low blood pressure
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