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scirrhus

/skir-uhs, sir-/US // ˈskɪr əs, ˈsɪr- //UK // (ˈsɪrəs) //

镜湖,镜泊湖,镜湖区,镜花水月

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural scir·rhi [skir-ahy, sir-ahy], /ˈskɪr aɪ, ˈsɪr aɪ/, scir·rhus·es.Pathology.

    • : a firm, densely collagenous cancer.

Examples

  • Scirr′hoid, resembling scirrhus; Scirr′hous, hardened, proceeding from scirrhus.

  • The scirrhus and encephaloid of the earlier writers are now transformed into fibrous and medullary cancer.

  • She was sixty-four years of age, and laboured under scirrhus of the breast.

  • Secondary cancer is a common disease, particularly in cases of advanced scirrhus of the breast.

  • During this period scirrhus was regarded as the type of cancerous disease.