antihypertensive drug
- noun
- /ˌæntihaɪpərˈtɛnsɪv drʌg/
- Specialized
:
fármaco antihipertensivo
- I have to take an antihypertensive drug every day to control my blood pressure level.
Examples
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What are the effects of continuing versus stopping antihypertensive drugs?
Academic text (2015) -
There is some evidence that antihypertensive drugs work better if they are taken in the evening.
Academic text (2012) -
Individual strategies focusing on BP-lowering therapies have shown that compared to other antihypertensive drug classes, diuretics are consistently the most cost-effective as monotherapy.
Academic text (2018) -
Doctors often prescribe an antihypertensive drug to help patients manage their high blood pressure.
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Regular use of an antihypertensive drug can significantly lower the risk of heart disease.
Synonyms
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5.6
A medicine that slows the heart and lowers high blood pressure
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5.7
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure and sometimes treats anxiety or ADHD
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4.2
A medicine that lowers blood pressure by blocking a body chemical that narrows blood vessels
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5.3
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure and helps a weak heart by making blood vessels wider
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7.9
A medicine that makes the body lose water to lower high blood pressure
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7.3
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels
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8.1
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure
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6.7
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure by blocking signals that make the heart beat faster and blood vessels tighten
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5.5
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure and helps the heart by relaxing blood vessels
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6.1
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure and helps the heart work better
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7.3
A medicine that lowers blood pressure and helps the heart work better
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A medicine that relaxes blood vessels to lower high blood pressure and ease chest pain
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A medicine that reduces extra water in the body and lowers high blood pressure
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9.9
A drug made from a plant root that treats high blood pressure
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure by blocking some heart and blood vessel signals
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure by widening blood vessels
A medicine that lowers blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels and helping the body remove salt and water
A medicine used to lower high blood pressure and treat heart failure
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure, helps the heart, and reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke
Medicine that lowers high blood pressure and helps the heart after a heart attack
A drug that blocks angiotensin II to lower high blood pressure or help heart failure
A medicine that lowers high blood pressure and reduces chest pain
A drug that makes you pass more urine to lower blood pressure
A medicine that makes you pee more to lower blood pressure and reduce extra body water
A medicine that makes you pass more urine to lower blood pressure and remove extra fluid
A medicine that makes you pass more urine to lower blood pressure and reduce swelling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'antihypertensive' denotes something that counteracts high blood pressure and 'drug' denotes a medicine, so together they straightforwardly mean 'a medicine that lowers high blood pressure'. This follows standard English compounding and medical noun + noun/adj + noun patterns (and similar patterns exist cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand it.
Etymology
Antihypertensive drug comes from parts that show its job: anti- means 'against', hypertensive refers to 'high blood pressure', and drug means 'medicine'. So it is a medicine that works against high blood pressure, helping to lower it.