scirrhous adjective. ['sɪrǝs, 'skɪ-] M16.
[French scirr(h)eux (now squirreux) from mod. Latin scirrhosus, formed as SCIRRHUS: see -OUS.]
Medicine. Designating or pertaining to a growth, esp. a carcinoma, which is hard and strong due to dense fibrous tissue; transf. indurated; covered with hard excrescences.

■ sci'rrhosity noun (now rare) a scirrhous growth; the state or condition of being scirrhous: L16.

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