cirrhosis
肝硬化,肝癌,硬化,肝炎
Definitions
- 1
Pathology.
- : a disease of the liver characterized by increase of connective tissue and alteration in gross and microscopic makeup.
Examples
Ellis was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver in 2007, and passed away from the ailment on Dec. 19, 2008.
Carlos Hernandez died 10 years later in prison of complications from cirrhosis.
Three years after his big win, he was dead of hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver.
Habitual drinking may likewise cause a chronic inflammation of the liver, called Cirrhosis, which is succeeded by Dropsy.
In protracted disease of the liver (cirrhosis) it is not uncommon to find the superficial abdominal veins dilated and tortuous.
The cause of cirrhosis of the ovaries is unknown, though it may be associated with cirrhotic liver.
The condition is now commonly known by Lannecs term cirrhosis, from Gk.
These were mostly cases of dropsy from cirrhosis of the liver.