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cirrhosis
[ si-roh-sis ]
noun
- a disease of the liver characterized by increase of connective tissue and alteration in gross and microscopic makeup.
cirrhosis
/ sɪˈrɒtɪk; sɪˈrəʊsɪs /
noun
- any of various progressive diseases of the liver, characterized by death of liver cells, irreversible fibrosis, etc: caused by inadequate diet, excessive alcohol, chronic infection, etc Also calledcirrhosis of the liver
cirrhosis
/ ĭ-ō′ĭ /
- A chronic disease of the liver characterized by the replacement of normal tissue with scar tissue and the loss of functional liver cells. It is most commonly caused by chronic alcohol abuse, but can also result from nutritional deprivation or infection, especially by the hepatitis virus.
cirrhosis
- A chronic disease of the liver , characterized by replacement of normal liver cells with a form of connective tissue . Owing to the scarring caused by this disease, irreversible damage to the liver can result.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈDz, adjective
- cirrhotic, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·dz· [si-, rot, -ik], adjective
- ·Dz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cirrhosis1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cirrhosis1
Example Sentences
They were close, she says, until his last year when he “lost his mind to cirrhosis” and they fell apart.
He is also a doctor who is proud of his work to get tens of thousands of children vaccinated against hepatitis B, a disease that can lead to liver failure, cirrhosis and cancer.
This indicated severe scarring - if it had not been caught, and if I had not stopped drinking, it could have developed into cirrhosis.
Latvia, for example, leads in alcohol consumption and ranks third in total deaths, while France, despite high alcohol consumption, has low cardiovascular mortality but high rates of cirrhosis and liver cancer.
In others, it can persist in the body for years - or even decades - before starting to damage the liver, causing cirrhosis and cancer.
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