hypotension
(hī″pō-ten′shŏn)
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[hypo- + tension]
1. A deficiency in tone or tension.
2. A decrease of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure to below normal. This occurs, for example, in shock, hemorrhage, dehydration, sepsis, Addison's disease, and in many other diseases and conditions.
SEE: blood pressure, chronic low
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Hypotension." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760506/all/hypotension.
Hypotension. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760506/all/hypotension. Accessed November 23, 2024.
Hypotension. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760506/all/hypotension
Hypotension [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760506/all/hypotension.
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