: an individual affected with hypertension
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Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
The simple things of diabetes screening and treatment, hypertensive screening and treatment, checking them to see if their baby has grown normally, checking them for anemia and giving them appropriate treatment for that, any other complications—none of those are being picked up.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020
Antihistamines, anti-depressants, anti-hypertensives, and even oral contraceptives can lead to tear film deficiencies as well.
—Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2017
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Adjective
Now, research suggests that nearly 1 in 5 maternal deaths in the country are due to suicide, making such deaths more common than those caused by postpartum hemorrhage or hypertensive disorders.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
The simple things of diabetes screening and treatment, hypertensive screening and treatment, checking them to see if their baby has grown normally, checking them for anemia and giving them appropriate treatment for that, any other complications—none of those are being picked up.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
Noun
The other thing is that India also has a lot of hypertensives.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020
Antihistamines, anti-depressants, anti-hypertensives, and even oral contraceptives can lead to tear film deficiencies as well.
—Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2017
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“Hypertensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypertensive. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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hypertensive
1 of 2 adjective
hy·per·ten·sive
ˌhī-pər-ˈten(t)-siv 
: marked by or due to hypertension
hypertensive emergencies
hypertensive renal disease
also
: affected with hypertension
a hypertensive patient
hypertensive
2 of 2 noun
: one affected with hypertension
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