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schirrhus

schirrhus is the alternative form of schirrus.

Meaning of schirrus

Noun

schirrus

  1. (obsolete) A hard swelling of a gland or other organ.
    • […] 'Tis true, when once a Schirrus is formed in a glandular Part, no one can tell how it may terminate; becauſe various changes may ariſe from various Cauſes in the Conſtitution of the Perſon; and if the Juices ſhould degenerate into a highly acrid, or what the Ancients termed an atrabiliary...1753, William Norford, An Essay on the General Method of Treating Cancerous Tumours. In which the Opinions of some of the most Celebrated Authors, who have Writ on this Subject, are Examined, and...
  2. (obsolete) A condition characterized by the formation of tumors.
    • An exquisite Schirrus is uncurable; for seeing it is senselesse, it is manifest that the part is deprived of the influence of the animal spirit: and seeing this humor doth distend the sinewes, veins and arteries, the faculty itself is strangled and choaked, so that it neither can direct, nor help...1650, Alexander Read, The Workes of that Famous Physitian, Dr. Alexander Read

Forms of schirrhus

pluralschirrhuses
pluralschirrhi

Questions about schirrhus

What is schirrhus the alternative form of?
Schirrhus is the alternative form of schirrus.

Words near schirrhus in the dictionary

  1. schirmerite
  2. Schirmers
  3. Schiro
  4. Schiros
  5. schirrhi
  6. schirrhus
  7. schirrhuses
  8. Schirrmacher
  9. schirrus
  10. schisandra
  11. schisandraceous

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