Hypertensive

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hypertensive \hypertensive\ n.
     1. having abnormally high blood pressure.
        [PJC]
  
     2. Causing high blood pressure.
        [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hypertensive \hypertensive\ n.
     A person who suffers from persistently high blood pressure.
     [PJC] hyperthermia

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypertensive
       adj : having abnormally high blood pressure [ant: {hypotensive}, {normotensive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypertensive":
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     chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous,
     encephalitic, epileptic, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial,
     malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, palsied,
     paralytic, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric,
     rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, tabetic,
     tabid, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous