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