noun
cirrhosis
suh-ROH-sis/səˈrəʊsɪs/
Chronic scarring of the liver that impairs its function.
The scan shows liver changes consistent with cirrhosis, a condition involving chronic scarring.
Etymology
The tawny color root and disease suffix name a condition by the orange-yellow appearance of the diseased liver. The name highlights its color, while the selected meaning focuses on chronic scarring.
In context
damages your liver progressively until you get fatty change possibly inflammation and fibrosis and then cirrhosis liver cancer
More examples
- The specialist studies how cirrhosis affects liver function.
- The medical history records a diagnosis of cirrhosis.
- The research examines causes of cirrhosis.
Forms
cirrhosis · cirrhoses
Similar words
- fibrosis
- Fibrosis means tissue scarring generally; cirrhosis is a particular advanced pattern of liver scarring.