WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white-coat hypertension mean? 

• WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION (noun)
  The noun WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION has 1 sense:

1. temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office

  Familiarity information: WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE-COAT HYPERTENSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Temporary rise in blood pressure in the doctor's office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("white-coat hypertension" is a kind of...):

high blood pressure; hypertension (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))