Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis Cir*rho"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? orange-colored: cf. F. cirrhose. So called from the yellowish appearance which the diseased liver often presents when cut.] (Med.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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