Cirrhosis/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Cirrhosis.

A liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Cirrhosis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.