Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cirrhosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cirrhosis
n : a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of
the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism [syn: {cirrhosis
of the liver}]
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