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scirrhous
scir·rhous [ skírrəss, sírrəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
hard and fibrous: describes a cancerous tumor carcinoma that is hard and fibrous
[Mid-16th century. < modern Latin scirrhosus< scirrhus "hard growth," alteration of Latin scirrus< Greek skirros "hard"]

scir·rhos·i·ty [ ski róssətee, si róssətee ] noun
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