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
Idiom of the Day
in one's Sunday best
in one's best clothes that you would wear to go to worship in a church (in the days when people dressed in a more formal way to attend church)
I was dressed in my Sunday best when I went for the job interview.