white coat hypertension
Definitions
Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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