Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: 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 → 1
Candidate hypernym: dermis: the deep vascular inner layer of the skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: blueberry: sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: tyrocidine: a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin → 0
Candidate hypernym: inventor: someone who is the first to think of or make something → 0
Candidate hypernym: pathology: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamedh: the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: dissatisfaction: the feeling of being displeased and discontent → 0
Candidate hypernym: bladder: a bag that fills with air → 0
Candidate hypernym: dissociation: the act of removing from association → 0
Candidate hypernym: puddingwife: bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil → 0