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Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis Meaning & Definition
Cirrhosis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cirrhosis?

[n] a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cirrhosis: cirrhosis of the liver

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cirrhosis: alcoholic addiction | alcoholic psychosis | alcoholism | bottle nose | cholangitis | cholecystitis | delirium tremens | dipsomania | ebriosity | grog blossom | habitual drunkenness | heavy drinking | hepatitis | hepatoma | icterus | infectious hepatitis | jaundice | oenomania | oinomania | pathological drunkenness | problem drinking | serum hepatitis

See Also | liver disease

Cirrhosis In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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