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hypotension

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY2 P OW0 T EH1 N SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

abnormally low blood pressure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: hypertension

Broader terms: cardiovascular disease

Narrower terms: orthostatic hypotension, postural hypotension

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension English hypotension From hypo- + tension.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ниско кръвно налягане (nisko krǎvno naljagane) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Catalan: hipotensió — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 低血壓症 /低血压症 (dīxuèyāzhèng) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Czech: hypotenze — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Dutch: hypotensie — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Finnish: hypotensio — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Finnish: matala verenpaine — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • French: hypotension — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • German: Hypotonie — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Greek: υπόταση (ypótasi) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Icelandic: lágþrýstingur — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Icelandic: óeðlilega lágur blóðþrýstingur — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Italian: ipotensione — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Japanese: 低血圧 (teiketsuatsu) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Korean: 저혈압 (jeohyeorap) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Latin: hypotensio — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Polish: hipotonia — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Portuguese: hipotensão — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Russian: гипоте́нзия (gipotɛ́nzija) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Russian: гипотони́я (gipotoníja) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Russian: пони́женное кровяно́е давле́ние (ponížennoje krovjanóje davlénije) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Spanish: hipotensión — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Swedish: hypotoni — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Tagalog: kubusdiin — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Thai: ความดันโลหิตต่ํา (kwaam-dan-loo-hìt-dtàm) — disease of abnormally low blood pressure
  • Turkish: hipotansiyon — disease of abnormally low blood pressure