Hypotension (HI-po-TEN-shun) is abnormally low blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood. Blood pressure is measured as systolic (sis-TOL-ik) and diastolic (di-a-STOL-ik) pressures.
intrigue (third-person singular simple present intrigues, present participle intriguing, simple past and past participle intrigued) (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
intrigue (countable and uncountable, plural intrigues) 1  A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. 2  The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.