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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

cirrhosis (path.) disease of the liver occurring in spirit-drinkers, orig. so called from the presence of yellow granules. XIX. — modL., f. Gr. kirrhós orange-tawny; see -OSIS.

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