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an⋅ti⋅hy⋅per⋅ten⋅sive

  [an-tee-hahy-per-ten-siv, an-tahy-] Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
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–adjective
1. acting to reduce hypertension: an antihypertensive drug, diet, or regimen.
–noun
2. a drug, as a diuretic, used to treat hypertension.
Origin:
1955–60; anti- + hypertensive
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an·ti·hy·per·ten·sive   (ān'tē-hī'pər-těn'sĭv, ān'tī-)   
adj.  Reducing or controlling high blood pressure.
an'ti·hy'per·ten'sive n.
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Main Entry: 1an·ti·hy·per·ten·sive
Pronunciation: -"hI-p&r-'ten(t)-siv
Variant: also an·ti·hy·per·ten·sion /-'hI-p&r-"ten-ch&n/
Function: adjective
: used or effective against high blood pressure<antihypertensive drugs>

Main Entry: 2antihypertensive
Function: noun
: an antihypertensive agent (as a drug)
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antihypertensive an·ti·hy·per·ten·sive (ān'tē-hī'pər-těn'sĭv, an'tī-)
adj.
Reducing high blood pressure. n.
A drug or treatment that reduces high blood pressure.

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