English-French translations for cirrhosis

• cirrhose
  Il nous fait craindre une aggravation de sa cirrhose. It makes us fear that his cirrhosis has got worse.
  Il souffre d'une cirrhose du foie mais, pour autant que nous le sachions, il s'est vu refuser des soins médicaux réguliers. He suffers from cirrhosis of the liver, but as far as we know he is being denied regular medical care.
  Dans les années 1970, 200 personnes mourraient d'une cirrhose du foie chaque année en Finlande: aujourd'hui, elle fait 1 000 victimes par an. 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