postural hypotension

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   low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up

   Synonymsorthostatic hypotension

   Broaderhypotension

Questions about postural hypotension

What does postural hypotension mean?

postural hypotension means "low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up".

What is another word for postural hypotension?

Close synonyms include orthostatic hypotension. 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 postural hypotension a common word?

postural hypotension 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.