esophageal varices
MONDO:0001221Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names esophageal varices yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Abnormally dilated veins of the esophagus.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001221), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: esophageal varices
- Also called
- esophageal varixesophagus varicose diseaseoesophagus varicose diseasevaricose disease of esophagusvaricose disease of oesophagus