cirrhosis

noun
🔊/səˈrəʊsɪs/
🔊/səˈrəʊsɪs/
[uncountable]
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  1. a serious disease of the liver, caused especially by drinking too much alcohol肝硬化;肝硬变Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCirrhosis is used after these nouns:
    • liver
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek kirrhos ‘tawny’ (because this is the colour of the liver in many cases).