Laennec's cirrhosis
/laˈɛnɛks
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
A type of cirrhosis of the liver characterized by a nodular appearance of the liver surface, associated with alcoholism.While Laennec's stethoscope revolutionized diagnosis of diseases of the chest, his name is eponymously associated with micronodular cirrhosis of the liver (Laennec's cirrhosis)....
- His name is also immortalized in the micronodular ‘Laennec's cirrhosis’ of the liver.
Origin
Early 19th century: named after René T. H. Laënnec (1781–1826), the French physician who described the condition.