#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
  supertype:  malignant_hypertension__malignanthypertension  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; "malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension"
     supertype:  high_blood_pressure__hypertension  a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
        supertype:  cardiovascular_disease  a disease of the heart or blood vessels
           supertype:  disorder.state__upset  condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
              supertype:  condition.state__status  a condition or state at a particular time: "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
                 supertype:  state  the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
                    supertype:  state  situation that is not a process
                       supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                          supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                    supertype:  process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
                       supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                       supertype:  process_or_process_description
                          supertype:  processing_thing
                             supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                                supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                       supertype:  physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                          supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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