"antihypertensive" meaning in English

See antihypertensive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: anti- + hypertensive = anti- + hypertension + -ive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|hypertensive}} anti- + hypertensive, {{confix|en|anti|hypertension|ive}} anti- + hypertension + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} antihypertensive (not comparable)
  1. (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects Coordinate_terms: nonhypertensive Translations (preventing or counteracting hypertension): antihypertensif [masculine] (French), antihypertenseur [masculine] (French), blutdrucksenkend (German), anti-hipertensivo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-antihypertensive-en-adj-z-awulfv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 64 36 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: hypotensive (english: often synonymous)

Noun

Forms: antihypertensives [plural]
Etymology: anti- + hypertensive = anti- + hypertension + -ive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|hypertensive}} anti- + hypertensive, {{confix|en|anti|hypertension|ive}} anti- + hypertension + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} antihypertensive (plural antihypertensives)
  1. (pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects Hyponyms: vasodepressor, vasodepressant Derived forms: nonantihypertensive, subantihypertensive Translations (agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension): antihypertenzivum [neuter] (Czech), antihypertensif [masculine] (French), antihypertenseur [masculine] (French), blutdrucksenkendes Mittel [neuter] (German), Antihypertensivum [neuter] (German), anti-hipertensivo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-antihypertensive-en-noun-mM~W3F5e Categories (other): English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 54 46 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: hypotensive (english: often synonymous)

Inflected forms

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