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.

From Salon

“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.”

From Fox News

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

From Nature

I get a bit … is it hypertensive or hypotensive?

From The Guardian

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

From New York Times