counterhypertensive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From counter- + hypertensive.
Adjective
[edit]counterhypertensive (not comparable)
- Countering hypertension.
- 2015 September 16, “Early Training-Induced Reduction of Angiotensinogen in Autonomic Areas—The Main Effect of Exercise on Brain Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertensive Rats”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Shan et al [40 ] also demonstrated that within the NTS, AT 1 inhibited further blood pressure elevation in the SHR, acting as a counterhypertensive mechanism involving inflammatory/angiogenic cells.