a. [a. F. tensif, -ive (Paré, 16th c.), f. L. tens-, ppl. stem of tendĕre (see TENSE a. and -IVE). Cf. intensive.] Having the quality of stretching or straining; causing tension; in Path. applied to a sensation of tension or tightness in any part of the body.
1702. J. Purcell, Cholick (1714), 95. After violent Exercises we always feel a Tensive Pain in the Left side.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 149. The pain is usually dull and tensive.
