Search Result for "portal hypertension":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

portal hypertension
    n 1: 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