cirrhosis
noun /səˈrəʊsɪs/
/səˈrəʊsɪs/
[uncountable]- a serious disease of the liver, caused especially by drinking too much alcoholTopics Illnessc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCirrhosis is used after these nouns:
- liver
Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek kirrhos ‘tawny’ (because this is the colour of the liver in many cases).