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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cirrhosis

/sẽr-ōs'-əs/ · Cir·rho·sis · IPA /sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
01 n. A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to si…
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    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.(Med.)