Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chronic disease of the liver characterized by the replacement of normal tissue with fibrous tissue and the loss of functional liver cells. It can result from alcohol abuse, nutritional deprivation, or infection especially by the hepatitis virus.
- noun Chronic interstitial inflammation of any tissue or organ.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, chronic inflammation of interstitial connective tissue, especially of the liver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
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- noun pathology A chronic disease of the
liver caused by damage fromtoxins (includingalcohol ), metabolic problems,hepatitis or nutritional deprivation. It is characterised by an increase of fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells. - noun by extension Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The liver cells shrink, the structural framework increases in size at first but subsequently contracts, producing the small, nodular, hard liver, to which the term cirrhosis has been applied.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Fatty liver disease, which can in some case progress to fibrosis and cirrhosis, is an increasingly recognized complication of obesity.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Proteomic Profiling to Detect Fatty Liver Disease 2009
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He was the first to study hyatids exhaustively, and it is to him we owe the name cirrhosis of the liver.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Perhaps Mr Cameron could make another speech, linking such promotions to the rise in cirrhosis.
Motes And Beams Laban 2006
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Replacement of normal liver cells by fibrotic cells in chronic alcoholics (known as cirrhosis of the liver).
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This can lead to scarring of the liver - also known as cirrhosis - and cancer.
BBC News - Home 2011
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About 50% to 85% of HCV infected patients develop a chronic form of the disease, of whom 25% to 76% develop active chronic disease and cirrhosis, which is the leading cause of liver transplantation in Europe and the
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Hepatitis B virus can cause long-term problems, such as cirrhosis (chronic liver damage) and liver cancer.
Hepatitis A Vaccine 2009
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The water that I went through all the effort to retrieve would most likely be dirty, contaminated water that would cause my children to suffer from water borne diseases with devastating effects such as cirrhosis of the liver, respiratory failure, and diarrhea (diarrhea, sadly, kills millions of children each year).
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