Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prehypertensive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-hy-per-ten-sive
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).

noun

A person with fairly high blood pressure

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English hypertensive English prehypertensive From pre- + hypertensive.

Inflected Forms

more prehypertensive (comparative) most prehypertensive (superlative) prehypertensives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

antihypertensive nonhypertensive normotensive

Questions

What does prehypertensive mean?: Having prehypertension (fairly high blood pressure).
Where does prehypertensive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English hypertensive English prehypertensive From pre- + hypertensive.

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