cirrhosis
noun
cir·rho·sis
sə-ˈrō-səs 
plural cirrhoses
sə-ˈrō-ˌsēz
: widespread disruption of normal liver structure by fibrosis and the formation of regenerative nodules that is caused by any of various chronic progressive conditions affecting the liver (such as long-term alcohol abuse or hepatitis)
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And about 25 percent of them will die from sequelae of that infection either from liver disease, cirrhosis or from liver cancer.
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CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
At that stage, the disease raises the risk of liver failure, liver cancer and cirrhosis.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 6 Dec. 2025
The rationale for giving the vaccine right away is to wipe out an infection that will afflict the majority of people who contract it as babies for the rest of their life (and, for as many as a quarter of those chronically infected, result in their death from cirrhosis or liver cancer).
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
What To Know For more than three decades, federal guidelines have advised that every newborn receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, part of a strategy adopted in 1991 to curb infections that can lead to chronic liver disease, cancer and cirrhosis.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
At that stage, the disease raises the risk of liver failure, liver cancer and cirrhosis.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 6 Dec. 2025
The rationale for giving the vaccine right away is to wipe out an infection that will afflict the majority of people who contract it as babies for the rest of their life (and, for as many as a quarter of those chronically infected, result in their death from cirrhosis or liver cancer).
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2025
What To Know For more than three decades, federal guidelines have advised that every newborn receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, part of a strategy adopted in 1991 to curb infections that can lead to chronic liver disease, cancer and cirrhosis.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Cirrhosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cirrhosis. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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cirrhosis
noun
cir·rho·sis
sə-ˈrō-səs
: an increase in fiber-containing tissue and hardening of the liver
Medical Definition
cirrhosis
noun
cir·rho·sis
sə-ˈrō-səs
plural cirrhoses
-ˌsēz
: widespread disruption of normal liver structure by fibrosis and the formation of regenerative nodules that is caused by any of various chronic progressive conditions affecting the liver (as long-term alcohol abuse or hepatitis) see biliary cirrhosis
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