cirrhosis (sir-ro's is). i

A pathological change in various organs, characterized by induration due to hyperplasia of connective ti ue and shrinking with atrophy of the parenchyma of the organ. 2. Chronic interstitial inflammation of any organ. alcoholic c. C. due to the exce ive use of alcohol; atrophic c. Contraction of the liver with atrophy in consequence of interstitial hepatitis, frequently found in alcoholics, biliary c. C. of the liver involving the ti ue around the bile ducts and showing great proliferation of the latter, c. hepatitis. See interstitial hepatitis, under hepatitis, c. hypertrophic a adiposa. Interstitial hepatitis with fatty degeneration of the hepatic cells, c. of the kidney. See interstitial nephritis, under nephritis, c. of the liver. Interstitial hepatitis, c. of the lung. Interstitial pneumonia, c. of the ovary. Chronic interstitial oophoritis. c. of the spleen. Chronic enlargement and induration of the spleen with thickening of the capsule and of the trabeculae. c. of the stomach. Chronic interstitial gastritis, c. per it one i. See peritonitis deformans, under peritonitis, fatty c. Interstitial hepatitis with fatty degeneration. gli onian c. See perihepatitis. Hanot's c. Hypertrophic c. hypertrophic c, hypertrophous c. A variety of interstitial hepatitis in which the newly formed connective ti ue invades the lobule, thus increasing the size of the liver. irritative c. Interstitial hepatitis caused by the irritation of some poisonous material, such as alcohol or the poisonous elements of syphilis or malaria, brought to the liver by the hepatic artery or portal vein. Liaennec's c, per i portal c. Atrophic c. of the liver, obstructive c. Interstitial ment to the hepatitis flow ofdue bile to or some blood imped i from the liver, pulmonary c. Interstitial pneumonia, renal c. See interstitial nephritis, under nephritis, syphilitic c. C. due to syphilis, turbinated c. A rudimentary condition of the nasal turbinated bodies, due to more or le complete disappearance of the erectile structure in cases of atrophic rhinitis. [Gr., kirros, yellowish.]