portal hypertension
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- malignant hypertension hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | malignant hypertension |