CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cirrhosis of the liver mean? 

• CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER (noun)
  The noun CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER has 1 sense:

1. a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism

  Familiarity information: CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cirrhosis; cirrhosis of the liver

Hypernyms ("cirrhosis of the liver" is a kind of...):

liver disease (a disease affecting the liver)

 Context examples 

Cirrhosis of the liver caused either by destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts (primary biliary cirrhosis) or blockage of the extrahepatic bile ducts (secondary biliary cirrhosis).

(Biliary cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of cold agglutinins may be indicative of mycoplasmal pneumonia, mononucleosis, mumps, measles, scarlet fever, some parasitic infections, cirrhosis of the liver, and some types of hemolytic anemia.

(Cold Agglutinin, NCI Thesaurus)