hypertensive
nounEtymology From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.
1
A person with hypertension.
2
A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.
hypertensive
adjEtymology From hyper- + tensive or hypertension + -ive.
1
Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
- The recorded causes of kidney disease were as follows: diabetic nephropathy (in 21% of the patients), nephroangiosclerosis and glomerulonephritis (18%), interstitial nephropathy (7%), hypertensive nephropathy (5%), polykystosis (5%) and other recorded diagnoses (hereditary disease, solitary kidney, dysglobulinemia, and systemic disease) (22%).2015 July 17, “The Addition of Vascular Calcification Scores to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: