English-Dutch translations for cirrhosis

• cirrose
  Er zijn gevallen van levercirrose bij jonge kinderen. There have been actual cases of cirrhosis of the liver in infants.
  Hij lijdt aan levercirrose, maar voor zover wij weten wordt hem regelmatige medische zorg onthouden. He suffers from cirrhosis of the liver, but as far as we know he is being denied regular medical care.
  In de jaren zeventig stierven in Finland elk jaar tweehonderd mensen aan levercirrose; nu zijn dat er duizend per jaar. In the 1970s 200 people died of cirrhosis of the liver every year in Finland: now it kills 1 000 people a year.

Definition of cirrhosis

• A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins , metabolic problems, hepatitis or nutritional deprivation. It is characterised by an increase of fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells

Related words

• cirrhotic
• scirrhoid
• scirrhus
• cirrhus