Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hypertensin

1 sense of hypertensin

Sense 1
angiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin -- (any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels)
       => vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor -- (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)