cirrhosis
/sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
cirrhosis noun: a chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
Noun
cirrhosis (countable and uncountable, plural cirrhoses)
- A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
- Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.
cirrhosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
cirrhosis in Hindi
- chronic disease of the liver
- सिरोसिस sirosis
cirrhosis in Tamil
- கரணை, நாராதல், கல்லீரல் இறுக்கம், கல்லீரல் இழைநார் வளர்ச்சி, கல்லீரலரிப்பு
cirrhosis in Bengali
- chronic disease of the liver
- সিরোসিস śirōśiś
cirrhosis in Malayalam
- chronic disease of the liver
- സിറോസിസ് siṟōsisŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- cirrhosis in Kannada
- ಯಕೃತ್ತಿನ ತೀವ್ರರೋಗ
- cirrhosis in Punjabi
- ਸਿਰੋਸਿਸ sirosis
- cirrhosis in Odia
- ସିରୋସିସ୍ sirosis
- cirrhosis in Tagalog
- sirosis
- cirrhosis in Arabic
- تَشَمُّع tašammuʕ, تَلَيُّف talayyuf
- cirrhosis in Malay
- sirosis
- cirrhosis in Indonesian
- sirosis
- cirrhosis in Persian
- سیروز siroz
- cirrhosis in Thai
- ตับแข็ง dtàp-kɛ̌ng
- cirrhosis in Vietnamese
- xơ gan
Forms of cirrhosis
| plural | cirrhoses |
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Origin of cirrhosis
From Ancient Greek κιρρός (kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis.
Words formed from cirrhosis
Questions about cirrhosis
- What does cirrhosis mean?
- Cirrhosis means a chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
- What is cirrhosis in Hindi?
- Cirrhosis in Hindi is सिरोसिस (sirosis). See Cirrhosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cirrhosis?
- Cirrhosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cirrhosis?
- Cirrhosis is pronounced /sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/.
- What is the plural of cirrhosis?
- The plural of cirrhosis is cirrhoses.
Words near cirrhosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cirrhosis (page history and authors); cirrhosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cirrhosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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