scirrhus

[ skir-uhs, sir- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

, plural scir·rhi [skir, -ahy, sir, -ahy], scir·rhus·es.

scirrhus

/ ˈsɪrəs; ˈsɪrɔɪd /

pathol a hard cancerous growth composed of fibrous tissues Also calledscirrhous carcinoma

1595–1605; < New Latin < Latin scirros < Greek skírrhos, variant of skîros hard covering, derivative of skirós hard

C17: from New Latin, from Latin scirros, from Greek skirros, from skiros hard

Scirr′hoid, resembling scirrhus; Scirr′hous, hardened, proceeding from scirrhus.

The scirrhus and encephaloid of the earlier writers are now transformed into fibrous and medullary cancer.

She was sixty-four years of age, and laboured under scirrhus of the breast.

Secondary cancer is a common disease, particularly in cases of advanced scirrhus of the breast.

During this period scirrhus was regarded as the type of cancerous disease.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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