hypotension

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noun

The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

Opposite
hypertension
OriginEnglish tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō →
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Meanings

nounhypotension (countable and uncountable, plural hypotensions)

plural hypotensions

  1. countableuncountablecardiologyThe disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
hypertension

nounabnormally low blood pressure

Opposite
hypertension
Broader
cardiovascular disease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  8. Proto-Italic*tendō
  9. Latintendō
  10. Latintēnsiō
  11. Middle Frenchtension
  12. Englishtension
  13. Englishhypotension

From hypo- + tension.

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Translations

Bulgarian ниско кръвно налягане
  • ниско кръвно налягане (nisko krăvno naljagane)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Catalan hipotensió
  • hipotensiódisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Chinese Mandarin 低血壓症 /低血压症
  • 低血壓症 /低血压症 (dīxuèyāzhèng)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Czech hypotenze
  • hypotenzedisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Dutch hypotensie
  • hypotensiedisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Finnish hypotensio, matala verenpaine
  • hypotensiodisease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • matala verenpainedisease of abnormally low blood pressure
French hypotension
  • hypotensiondisease of abnormally low blood pressure
German Hypotonie
  • Hypotoniedisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Greek υπόταση
  • υπόταση (ypótasi)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Icelandic lágþrýstingur, óeðlilega lágur blóðþrýstingur
  • lágþrýstingurdisease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • óeðlilega lágur blóðþrýstingurdisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Italian ipotensione
  • ipotensionedisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Japanese 低血圧
  • 低血圧 (teiketsuatsu)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Korean 저혈압
  • 저혈압 (jeohyeorap)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Latin hypotensio
  • hypotensiodisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Polish hipotonia
  • hipotoniadisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Portuguese hipotensão
  • hipotensãodisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Russian гипоте́нзия, гипотони́я
  • гипоте́нзия (gipotɛ́nzija)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • гипотони́я (gipotoníja)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • пони́женное кровяно́е давле́ние (ponížennoje krovjanóje davlénije)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Spanish hipotensión
  • hipotensióndisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Swedish hypotoni
  • hypotonidisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Tagalog kubusdiin
  • kubusdiindisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Thai ความดันโลหิตต่ำ
  • ความดันโลหิตต่ำ (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt-dtàm)disease of abnormally low blood pressure
Turkish hipotansiyon
  • hipotansiyondisease of abnormally low blood pressure
Cite this entry
APA

hypotension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypotension

MLA

“hypotension.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypotension. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypotension,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypotension.

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