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Belzley said the department doesn’t treat any infected inmates until their liver has already become cirrhotic, and while hepatitis C is curable, cirrhosis is not.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021

A cirrhotic liver may fail to filter some nitrogen compounds which the body makes in the process of digesting protein foods such as meat.

From Time Magazine Archive

These tend to be oval in outline, are elevated above the normal mucous membrane, and present a dull red mammilated or lobulated surface, comparable to the surface of a cirrhotic liver.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The cause of cirrhosis of the ovaries is unknown, though it may be associated with cirrhotic liver.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

The left kidney although cirrhotic was very much enlarged.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)