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PORTAL HYPERTENSION
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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
Classified under:
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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