"white coat hypertension" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-white coat hypertension.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: white coat + hypertension. From the stereotypical uniform of a medical practitioner. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white coat|hypertension}} white coat + hypertension Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} white coat hypertension (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, idiomatic) Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment. Wikipedia link: white coat hypertension Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: white coat effect, white coat syndrome, white coat high blood pressure, white-coat hypertension, whitecoat hypertension Translations (elevated blood pressure): 白大衣高血壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 白大衣高血压 (báidàyī gāoxuèyā) (Chinese Mandarin), valkotakkiverenpaine (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-white_coat_hypertension-en-noun-vWMPlnOk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

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