cirrhosis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cirrhosis
    n 1: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning
         of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism [syn:
         {cirrhosis}, {cirrhosis of the liver}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "cirrhosis":
      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