hypotensive

[hahy-poh-ten-siv]

adjective

1. characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.

noun

1. a hypotensive person or agent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypotensive¹

First recorded in 1900–05; hypotens(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

"I was hypotensive this morning, and last night my heart rate was 130," Maybe said.

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“Ethically, we cannot tell them not to take medicine, but from time to time, we get participants who do not take medicine so we can get hypertensive and hypotensive people this way.”

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Most of these children recover, but many develop complications, including hypotensive shock, perforation of the gut and gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

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I get a bit … is it hypertensive or hypotensive?

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A common dose of blood pressure medicine might render an already sick patient dangerously hypotensive.

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