Dictionary.com
definitions

hypotensive

[hahy-poh-ten-siv]

adjective

characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.

noun

a hypotensive person or agent.

Nearby words

  1. hyposulphite,
  2. hyposulphurous acid,
  3. hypotaxis,
  4. hypotelorism,
  5. hypotension,
  6. hypotensor,
  7. hypotenuse,
  8. hypoth.,
  9. hypothalamic infundibulum,
  10. hypothalamohypophysial portal system

Origin of hypotensive

First recorded in 1900–05; hypotens(ion) + -ive
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Medicine definitions for hypotensive

hypotensive

[hī′pə-tĕn′sĭv]

adj.

Of or characterized by low blood pressure.
Causing a reduction in blood pressure.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.