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White-coat Hypertension

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Noun

1. white-coat hypertension

temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

White-coat Hypertension

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noun
the phenomenon of having elevated blood pressure only during a medical consultation

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White-coat Hypertension

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n.
Transient high blood pressure that occurs during a medical examination, presumably as a result of anxiety.

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