Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.

    a hypotensive agent such as an opioid

    a person who has abnormally low blood pressure

  2. A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.

    a hypotensive agent such as an ARB or an ACEI

  3. A person with hypotension.

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