white coat hypertension

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment. idiomatic,uncountable
    — 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 hypertension.

词形变化

white-coat hypertension alternative whitecoat hypertension alternative

词源

From white coat + hypertension, due to the typical uniform of a medical practitioner.
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