Meaning & use

normotension

noun·Academic

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The condition of having blood pressure within the normal, healthy range.

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After adjusting her medication, the doctor confirmed she had returned to normotension.

Regular exercise and a low-sodium diet helped him maintain normotension into his sixties.

A note on using this word

The prefix "normo-" means normal, so normotension sits between hypertension (high) and hypotension (low) as the medically preferred baseline.

Words with a similar meaning

normal blood pressure

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Words with an opposite meaning

hypertensionhypotension

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