Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having normal blood pressure; not hypertensive or hypotensive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med., Physiol.) Pertaining to or having normal blood pressure.

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  • adjective Having normal tension
  • adjective medicine Having normal blood pressure
  • noun A person who has normal blood pressure

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  • adjective having normal blood pressure

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin norma, norm; see norm + (hyper)tensive.]

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normo- +‎ tensive

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Examples

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  • The study's abstract reports, "Taken together, these data provide no support for the notion that either normotensive or hypertensive individuals should routinely decrease (or increase) dietary sodiumintake."

    New study finds human brain regulates its own sodium intake for entire body 2009

  • Thus, personally, I'm unconvinced that a statin is the right choice for me as a normotensive obese guy in his 30s with dyslipidemia.

    Ahead of the Curve 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • His cholesterol was lowered to 204, his triglycerides which had been greater than 500 lowered to 238, his fasting blood sugar lowered to 100, a 2-h post glucose load lowered to 122, and he discontinued his hypertension medication and remained normotensive.

    Talking diet with your doctor | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • In these conditions, physical activity thought to be protective against the development of vascular disease, has been shown to have beneficial effects on both sympathetic outflow and endothelial function Against this background, the aim of this study was to investigate if directly recorded sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow is related to a surrogate marker of endothelial function, the RH-PAT index, in physically active, normotensive, healthy individuals.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010

  • Our results show that sympathetic nerve activity is related to a surrogate marker of endothelial function in healthy normotensive individuals, indicating that sympathetic outflow may be modulated by changes in endothelial function.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010

  • Our study summarises current evidence on the effect of flavanol-rich cocoa products on blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive individuals.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Karin Ried 2010

  • "Although the control of elevated blood pressure or the treatment of hypertension is an obvious and well-replicated conclusion, these findings suggest that management of blood pressure fluctuations, even in normotensive older adults, may be beneficial in reducing the risk of cerebrovascular disease and in maximizing healthy cognitive aging."

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • We conducted random effects meta-analysis of all studies fitting the inclusion criteria, as well as subgroup analysis by baseline blood pressure (hypertensive/normotensive).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Karin Ried 2010

  • A further limitation is that only healthy, physically active, normotensive individuals were recruited and studied.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yrsa Bergmann Sverrisdóttir et al. 2010

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