PORTAL HYPERTENSION as NOUN

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
   Hypernyms(s) portal hypertension is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • malignant hypertension (what does malignant hypertension mean?)