normotensive

English

Etymology

normo- +‎ tensive

Adjective

normotensive (comparative more normotensive, superlative most normotensive)

1. Having normal tension.
3. (medicine, cardiology) Having normal blood pressure.
   • 1986, January, MC Houston, "Sodium and hypertension. A review". Archives of Internal Medicine 146 (1): 179–185, 1986;146(1):179-185. doi:10.1001/archinte.1986.00360130217028.

     Abnormal sodium metabolism may be critical in the causation of certain forms of hypertension... These high-risk patients in whom subsequent hypertension may be prevented include normotensive patients with family histories of hypertension...

Synonyms

• nonhypertensive

Coordinate terms

• hypertensive
• hypotensive

Derived terms

• normotension

Noun

normotensive (plural normotensives)

1. A person who has normal blood pressure.