white coat hypertension

Noun

Meaning

white coat hypertension (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.
Synonyms: white coat effect, white coat syndrome, white coat high blood pressure

white-coat hypertension (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of white coat hypertension

Alternative names

white-coat hypertension

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