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

• liver: He says Britain used to be renowned for its low rates of liver cirrhosis.

• cause: Drugs and chemicals: a number of drugs and chemicals can cause liver damage but few cause cirrhosis.

• portal: Portal cirrhosis of the liver was said to have contributed to the death.