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]