Antihypertensive

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  • adjective. Reducing or controlling high blood pressure.
  • noun. An antihypertensive drug.
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  • noun. an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
  • adjective. preventing or counteracting hypertension
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  • noun. a drug that reduces high blood pressure
  • Word Usage
    "Compared with similar patients who took dummy pills, those who took so-called antihypertensive medication cut their risk of stroke by 23 percent;"
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