Cirrhosis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cirrhosis
       n : a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of
           the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism [syn: {cirrhosis
           of the liver}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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