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[syn: cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cirrhosis
n 1: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning
of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism [syn:
cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "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