noun
Transient high blood pressure that occurs during a medical examination, presumably as a result of anxiety.
Origin of white-coat hypertension
From the white coats typically worn by physicians and other medical personnel during examinationswhite-coat hypertension
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (medicine, idiomatic) Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
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white-coat hypertension - Medical Definition
n.
Transient high blood pressure that occurs during a medical examination, presumably as a result of anxiety.
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