Meaning & use

normotensive

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having blood pressure within the normal range.

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After adjusting his medication, the patient remained normotensive for the rest of the year.

The study compared cardiovascular outcomes in normotensive and hypertensive participants.

A note on using this word

Normotensive is a clinical term used mainly in medical contexts to describe patients whose blood pressure readings fall within the healthy standard range.

Words with an opposite meaning

hypertensivehypotensive

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