CIRRHOSIS
\sɜːɹˈə͡ʊsɪs], \sɜːɹˈəʊsɪs], \s_ɜː_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of CIRRHOSIS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Any pathological condition where fibrous connective tissue invades any organ, usually as a consequence of inflammation or other injury.
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By William R. Warner
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A yellow colouring matter, sometimes secreted in the tissues, owing to a morbid process. Also, called Cirrho'sis or Kirrho'sis.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A pathological change in various organs, characterized by induration due to hyperplasia of connective tissue and shrinking with atrophy of the parenchyma of the organ.
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Chronic interstitial inflammation of any organ.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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