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Webster 1913 Edition
Cirrhosis
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Cir-rho′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] 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.