Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. In one form of pulmonary hypertension, tiny arteries in your lungs, called pulmonary arterioles, and capillaries become narrowed, blocked or destroyed. This makes it harder for blood to flow through your lungs, and raises pressure within your lungs' arteries.
â¢ LISP (noun) The noun LISP has 2 senses: 1. a speech defect that involves pronouncing 's' like voiceless 'th' and 'z' like voiced 'th'. 2. a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists. Familiarity information: LISP used as a noun is rare. â¢ LISP (verb) The verb LISP has 1 sense:
For example, one feature of Common LISP's format function is the ability to print numbers in two different Roman-numeral formats (see bells whistles and gongs). 5. A property or behavior that was put in to help someone else but that happens to be in your way.