A white, knee-length coat worn by laboratory workers etc as protection.

plural of white coat

Alternative spelling of white coat hypertension

Synonym of white coat hypertension

(medicine, idiomatic) Elevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.

Synonym of white coat hypertension (“hypertension exhibited by a patient only when in a clinical setting, presumably because of anxiety”)

plural of white coat rule

(advertising) A rule prohibiting the use of actors dressed as medical professionals to give a misleading impression of the medical benefits of a product being advertised.

(humorous) Mental health professionals.

Synonym of white coat hypertension