Prohypertensive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That produces hypertension

    "It is unlikely however, that involvement of vasopressin and its receptor would serve as the only mechanism to account for the prohypertensive effects of OT in the current study."

Example

More examples

"It is unlikely however, that involvement of vasopressin and its receptor would serve as the only mechanism to account for the prohypertensive effects of OT in the current study."

Etymology

From pro- + hypertensive.

More for "prohypertensive"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.