hypertensin

1. 1.

   any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels

   Synonymsangiotensinangiotonin

   Broadervasoconstrictor

   Narrowerangiotensin Iangiotensin II

   trademark

Other forms of hypertensin

plural

hypertensins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypertensin

What does hypertensin mean?

hypertensin means "any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels".

How many syllables are in hypertensin?

hypertensin has 4 syllables: hy-per-ten-sin. The stress falls on "per".

What is another word for hypertensin?

Close synonyms include angiotensin, angiotonin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypertensin a common word?

hypertensin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.