scirrhoid

Variant of scirrhus

noun pl. scirrhi or scirrhuses

a hard, cancerous tumor made up of much fibrous connective tissue

Origin: ModL < L scirros < Gr skirrhos, hardened swelling, tumor < skiros, hard

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