portal hypertension

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Noun portal hypertension has 1 sense

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
--₁ is a kind of malignant hypertension

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