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scirrhoid

scirrhoid adjective: containing or resembling schirrus.

Adjective

scirrhoid (comparative more scirrhoid, superlative most scirrhoid)

  1. Containing or resembling schirrus
    • In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library

scirrhoid meaning in Tamil

scirrhoid in Tamil

கடினப் புற்றுப்போல் தோன்றுகின்ற

Forms of scirrhoid

comparativemore scirrhoid
superlativemost scirrhoid

Origin of scirrhoid

From scirrhus + -oid.

Questions about scirrhoid

What does scirrhoid mean?
Scirrhoid means containing or resembling schirrus.
What is scirrhoid in Tamil?
Scirrhoid in Tamil is கடினப் புற்றுப்போல் தோன்றுகின்ற. See Scirrhoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scirrhoid?
Scirrhoid is an adjective.

Words near scirrhoid in the dictionary

  1. scirocs
  2. Sciron
  3. scirpenols
  4. scirpentriol
  5. scirrhi
  6. scirrhoid
  7. scirrhoma
  8. scirrhosities
  9. scirrhosity
  10. scirrhous
  11. scirrhus

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