hot reactor
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Dr. Robert Eliot et al c. 1982
Noun
[edit]hot reactor (plural hot reactors)
- (psychology, physiology) A person whose blood pressure and heart rate increase abnormally in response to stress. [since 1980s]
- 1982, RS Eliot, JC Buell, TM Dembroski, “Bio–Behavioural Perspectives on Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension and Sudden Cardiac Death”, in Acta Medica Scandinavica:
- Secondly, BP and HR values at baseline and during test activity, and change scores (ie baseline level minus level during activity) are fairly stable on retesting. In other words, a hot reactor is still likely to be a hot reactor 6 months later.