Definition of "hypertensives" [hypertensives]

• Plural form of hypertensive. (noun)

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• "Diabetics need to control their blood sugars, hypertensives need to control their blood pressure, people with high cholesterol need to control their cholesterol."
• "Taking potassium supplements is as dangerous as salt to hypertensives."
• "In a group of unaccompanied men, it may not be possible to discern which ones are fathers and which are not, just as simply measuring blood pressure cannot differentiate between non-hypertensives and patients with controlled hypertension."