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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)