Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cirrhosis \Cir*rho"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? orange-colored: cf.
   F. cirrhose. So called from the yellowish appearance which
   the diseased liver often presents when cut.] (Med.)
   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.

Source : WordNet®

cirrhosis
     n : a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of
         the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism [syn: {cirrhosis
         of the liver}]