PORTAL HYPERTENSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("portal hypertension" is a kind of...):

malignant hypertension (severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain)

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