white coat hypertension
white coat hypertension noun: elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
Noun
white coat hypertension (uncountable)
- Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
- Patients with white coat hypertension did not show a generalized increase of blood pressure lability, nor an exaggerated pressor response while at work. . . . In such patients, the pressor response may be relatively specific to the physician's office and lead to significant misclassification of...1988 January 8, T. G. Pickering et al., “How common is white coat hypertension?”, in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Synonyms of white coat hypertension
Forms of white coat hypertension
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Origin of white coat hypertension
From white coat + hypertension, due to the typical uniform of a medical practitioner.
Questions about white coat hypertension
- What does white coat hypertension mean?
- White coat hypertension means elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
- What part of speech is white coat hypertension?
- White coat hypertension is a noun.
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