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Adjective
Other factors contributed to his death, including hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to the KBI.—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025 The medical examiner’s office concluded that the death in April of a woman in sheriff’s office custody was caused by a coronary thrombus, or blood clot, due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease.—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
The other thing is that India also has a lot of hypertensives.—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020 Antihistamines, anti-depressants, anti-hypertensives, and even oral contraceptives can lead to tear film deficiencies as well.—Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2017 See All Example Sentences for hypertensive
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