scirrhus

American  

[skir-uhs, sir-] / ˈskɪr əs, ˈsɪr- /

noun

Pathology.

scirrhi, plural scirrhuses plural

1. a firm, densely collagenous cancer.

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scirrhus British  

/ ˈsɪrəs, ˈsɪrɔɪd /

noun

1. Also called: scirrhous carcinoma.  pathol a hard cancerous growth composed of fibrous tissues

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Other Word Forms

• scirrhoid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of scirrhus

1595–1605; < New Latin < Latin scirros < Greek skírrhos, variant of skîros hard covering, derivative of skirós hard

Example Sentences

At sunset a lump of scirrhus before the sun was so dense that its dark shadow formed a brush like the trabes of a comet.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Beyond the azure curtains of the sky, upward into the pure realm, over the rain-cloud and the thunder and the silver bars of the scirrhus, he places his quiet seats, his mansions of rest.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various

A scirrhus, or a hard unnatural swelling of the matrix is generally produced by neglected, or imperfectly cured phlegm, which, insensibly, hinders the functions of the womb, and predisposes the whole body to listlessness.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

She was sixty-four years of age, and laboured under scirrhus of the breast.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

Another termination of scirrhus is in cancer, as described below.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus