Definitions for scirrhous

scirrhous scir·rhous

Spelling: [skir-uh s, sir-]
IPA: /ˈskɪr əs, ˈsɪr-/

Scirrhous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in scirrhous (chiorrssu).

Definitions for scirrhous

adjective

  1. of a hard, fibrous consistency.
  2. of, relating to, or constituting a scirrhus.

Origin of scirrhous

First recorded in 1555-65; scirrh(us) + -ous

Examples for scirrhous

It has been recommended in chronic rheumatism, scirrhous tumours, &c.

Dr. Prieger had previously extirpated a scirrhous parotid successfully.

Rokitansky emphasizes the error of confounding the disease with scirrhous cancer.

scirrhous, encephaloid and colloid forms of carcinoma occur.

A pressure made on the brachial vein and its branches by scirrhous glands in the axilla, is a common cause of this state.

Fibrous or scirrhous cancer he considered to be nothing but this hypertrophy.

scirrhous cancer and medullary cancer are often combined with each other.

This scirrhous base is often exposed after the destruction of the greater part of the soft cancer by ulceration and sloughing.

The forms of cancer met with in these regions are epitheliomatous, scirrhous, encephaloid, and colloid.

The forms of cancer which occur primarily in the stomach are scirrhous, medullary, colloid, and cylindrical epithelial cancer.

Word Value for scirrhous
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