cirrhosis
cir·rho·sis (sə rō′sis)
noun pl. -·ses′-sēz′
a degenerative disease in an organ of the body, esp. the liver, marked by excess formation of connective tissue and, usually, subsequent painful swelling
Etymology: ModL < Gr kirrhos, tawny + -osis: so named by R. T. H. Laënnec (1781-1826), Fr physician, because of the orange-yellow appearance of the diseased liver
Preposition: of
- liver: He had cirrhosis of the liver from years of alcohol abuse.
Converse of object
- develop: Others may develop cirrhosis or liver cancer, which can be fatal.
- cause: I have problems with my liver which has caused Cirrhosis.
- call: This cancer usually occurs in people who have chronic scarring of the liver, called cirrhosis.
- include: Individuals who drink alcohol socially may develop alcoholic liver damage, including cirrhosis.
- have: He had cirrhosis of the liver from years of alcohol abuse.
- compensate: Compensated cirrhosis may be managed with abstinence from alcohol and nutritional support as above.
Adjective modifier
- biliary: For some reason the body mounts an attack on the liver in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
- decompensated: If the liver function fails this is known as decompensated cirrhosis and without transplantation the outcome is likely to be fatal.
- hepatic: Zyban is contraindicated for use in patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis.
- alcoholic: In everyday life, however, the term cirrhosis has tended to become linked with alcoholic cirrhosis.
- primary: For some reason the body mounts an attack on the liver in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
- advanced: Liver surgery in people with advanced cirrhosis can cause the liver to stop working altogether.
Modifies a noun
- mortality: Scottish cirrhosis mortality rates are now among the highest in western Europe.
- death: The CMO report shows that liver cirrhosis deaths have risen in most age groups over the last 30 years of the 20th century.
- rate: Scottish cirrhosis mortality rates are now among the highest in western Europe.
- result: Liver cirrhosis results in jaundice, abdominal swelling and a propensity to bleed from dilated veins ( varices ) in the gullet and stomach.
Noun used with modifier
Homosexuality wasthebadge oftheupperclass and the sign of a revolt against it; and it is small wonder that someone locked for a lifetime in this impossible contradiction should end up with cirrhosis of the liver.
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