normotensive

[nawr-moh-ten-siv]

adjective

1. characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.

noun

1. a normotensive person.

normotensive

/ ˌnɔːməʊˈtɛnsɪv /

adjective

1. having or denoting normal blood pressure

Word History and Origins

Origin of normotensive¹

1940–45; normo- + tensive, on the model of hypertensive, hypotensive

Example Sentences

Further, in this same Spanish registry about one third of patients with resistant hypertension based on office blood pressure measurements had normotensive ABPMs.

From Forbes

We know that for most normotensive people sodium intake can vary tremendously from day to day without significant problems; even quintupling the amount of sodium ingested does not affect blood pressure adversely.

From Salon