Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun portal_hypertension

1 sense of portal hypertension

Sense 1
portal hypertension -- (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)
       => 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; "malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension")