See Also: Scirrhous(medicine)
scirrhous(dictionary)
adenocarcinoma, scirrhous(medicine)
scirrhous carcinoma(medicine)

Maitrank (iou) and scirrhous (iou)


Maitrank (iou)



Maitrank noun. M19.
[German, from Mai May + Trank drink, beverage.]
Wine flavoured with sugar and woodruff; a drink of this.

scirrhous (iou)



scirrhous adjective. 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.