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noun
Increased blood pressure in the hepatic portal system (the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: malignant hypertension
History
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