Meanings
adjectiveprehypertensive (comparative more prehypertensive, superlative most prehypertensive)
comparative more prehypertensive · superlative most prehypertensive
- Having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).
nounprehypertensive (plural prehypertensives)
plural prehypertensives
- A person with fairly high blood pressure
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishhypertensive
- Englishprehypertensive
From pre- + hypertensive.
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APA
prehypertensive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prehypertensive
MLA
“prehypertensive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prehypertensive. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prehypertensive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prehypertensive.
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