| Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ. Thesaurus Entries alcoholic addiction, alcoholic psychosis, alcoholism, bottle nose, cholangitis, cholecystitis, delirium tremens, dipsomania, ebriosity, grog blossom, habitual drunkenness, heavy drinking, hepatitis, hepatoma, icterus, infectious hepatitis, jaundice, oenomania, oinomania, pathological drunkenness, problem drinking, serum hepatitis |