white coat

collocation in English

meaningsofwhiteandcoat

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white
adjective
uk
/waɪt/us
/waɪt/
of a colour like that of snow, milk, ...
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coat
noun[C]
uk
/kəʊt/us
/koʊt/
an outer piece of clothing with sleeves that is worn over other clothes, usually ...
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(Definition ofwhiteandcoatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some are too ill to care and want to believe that everyone in awhitecoathas expertise to bear on their illness.
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Figure 1 demonstrateswhitecoathypertension in pregnancy where blood pressure is raised due to hospital attendance but is lower at other times.
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But this vision is soon replaced by one of me in mywhitecoat, a stethoscope around my neck, bending over the patient in my office.
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I went there the other day, dressed up in mywhitecoat, my hair protector and white gumboots.
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Thewhitecoatis produced by a line of mink who are congenitally blind.
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At that moment, a nurse came in with awhitecoat, white hat and so on, checking on her charges.
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Men wear either a uniform suit or, in general hospitals, awhitecoatover ordinary clothing.
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One man was supervising with a screen and awhitecoat.
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Awhitecoatis small protection against the prejudices, pressures and wishful thinking that are part of being human.
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I remember the front page of a local paper having a nice picture of a man in awhitecoatholding a chicken.
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It is true that he was not a doctor, but thewhitecoatitself is a symbol of the medical profession—and one could go on.
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I became a foreman and put on awhitecoat.
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One sees the advancement of thewhitecoattype of industry.
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Thewhitecoatcan go away if he wants to.
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Gone are the days when a man in awhitecoaton a public information film was enough to quell public anxiety.
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