noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cirrhosis of the liver
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liver disease
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κιρρός (kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Acehnese:
sirosis
— chronic disease of the liver
Albanian:
cirrozë
— chronic disease of the liver
Arabic:
تَشَمُّع
(tašammuʕ)
— chronic disease of the liver
Arabic:
تَلَيُّف
(talayyuf)
— chronic disease of the liver
Armenian:
ցիռոզ
(cʻiṙoz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Azerbaijani:
sirroz
— chronic disease of the liver
Basque:
zirrosi
— chronic disease of the liver
Belarusian:
цыроз
(cyróz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Bengali:
সিরোসিস
(śirōśiś)
— chronic disease of the liver
Bulgarian:
цироза
(ciroza)
— chronic disease of the liver
Catalan:
cirrosi
— chronic disease of the liver
Chinese Cantonese:
肝硬化
(gon1 ngaang6 faa3)
— chronic disease of the liver
Chinese:
肝硬化
(koan-ngē-hoà)
— chronic disease of the liver
Chinese Mandarin:
肝硬化
(gānyìnghuà)
— chronic disease of the liver
Chinese Mandarin:
硬化
(yìnghuà)
— chronic disease of the liver
Czech:
cirhóza
— chronic disease of the liver
Danish:
skrumpelever
— chronic disease of the liver
Dutch:
cirrose
— chronic disease of the liver
Esperanto:
cirozo
— chronic disease of the liver
Estonian:
sirroos
— chronic disease of the liver
Finnish:
kirroosi
— chronic disease of the liver
French:
cirrhose
— chronic disease of the liver
Galician:
cirrose
— chronic disease of the liver
German:
Zirrhose
— chronic disease of the liver
Greek:
κίρρωση
(kírrosi)
— chronic disease of the liver
Hindi:
सिरोसिस
(sirosis)
— chronic disease of the liver
Hungarian:
májzsugor
— chronic disease of the liver
Hungarian:
cirrózis
— chronic disease of the liver
Hungarian:
-zsugorodás
— chronic disease of the liver
Hungarian:
-zsugor
— chronic disease of the liver
Icelandic:
skorpulifur
— chronic disease of the liver
Indonesian:
sirosis
— chronic disease of the liver
Interlingua:
cirrose
— chronic disease of the liver
Irish:
chiorróis
— chronic disease of the liver
Italian:
cirrosi
— chronic disease of the liver
Japanese:
肝硬変
(kankōhen)
— chronic disease of the liver
Japanese:
硬変
(kōhen)
— chronic disease of the liver
Kazakh:
цирроз
(sirroz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Korean:
간경변
(gan'gyeongbyeon)
— chronic disease of the liver
Korean:
경화증
(gyeonghwajeung)
— chronic disease of the liver
Korean:
간경화
(gan'gyeonghwa)
— chronic disease of the liver
Northern Kurdish:
cergmûmî
— chronic disease of the liver
Kyrgyz:
цирроз
(tsirroz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Latvian:
ciroze
— chronic disease of the liver
Lithuanian:
cirozė
— chronic disease of the liver
Macedonian:
цироза
(ciroza)
— chronic disease of the liver
Malay:
sirosis
— chronic disease of the liver
Malayalam:
സിറോസിസ്
(siṟōsisŭ)
— chronic disease of the liver
Māori:
ate ūtonga
— chronic disease of the liver
Māori:
mate ate ūtonga
— chronic disease of the liver
Norwegian Bokmål:
skrumplever
— chronic disease of the liver
Norwegian Nynorsk:
skrumplever
— chronic disease of the liver
Odia:
ସିରୋସିସ୍
(sirosis)
— chronic disease of the liver
Persian:
سیروز
(siroz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Polish:
marskość wątroby
— chronic disease of the liver
Portuguese:
cirrose
— chronic disease of the liver
Punjabi:
ਸਿਰੋਸਿਸ
(sirosis)
— chronic disease of the liver
Romanian:
ciroză
— chronic disease of the liver
Russian:
цирро́з
(cirróz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Scottish Gaelic:
caitheamh a' ghrùthain
— chronic disease of the liver
Serbo-Croatian:
циро́за
— chronic disease of the liver
Serbo-Croatian:
ciróza
— chronic disease of the liver
Slovak:
cirhóza
— chronic disease of the liver
Slovene:
ciroza
— chronic disease of the liver
Lower Sorbian:
ciroza
— chronic disease of the liver
Upper Sorbian:
ciroza
— chronic disease of the liver
Spanish:
cirrosis
— chronic disease of the liver
Swedish:
cirros
— chronic disease of the liver
Swedish:
skrumplever
— chronic disease of the liver
Tagalog:
sirosis
— chronic disease of the liver
Thai:
ตับแข็ง
(dtàp-kɛ̌ng)
— chronic disease of the liver
Turkish:
siroz
— chronic disease of the liver
Ukrainian:
циро́з
(cyróz)
— chronic disease of the liver
Uzbek:
цирроз
— chronic disease of the liver
Uzbek:
sirroz
— chronic disease of the liver
Vietnamese:
xơ gan
— chronic disease of the liver
Waray-Waray:
sirosis
— chronic disease of the liver
