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Cirrhosis
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cirrhosis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cirrhosis.html. 1828.