Question for ikkyu2, but feel free to jump in if you're not: Why do i often, if not always, read "cirrhosis of the liver"? Can you get cirrhosis somewhere else?
What is Cirrhosis? Cirrhosis is characterized anatomically by widespread nodules in the liver combined with fibrosis. The fibrosis and nodule formation causes distortion of the normal liver architecture which interferes with blood flow through the liver. Cirrhosis can also lead to an inability of the liver to perform its biochemical functions. To understand the pathophysiology of cirrhosis, the normal anatomy and physiology of the liver must first be briefly reviewed.
It seems to me that i did not properly phrase my question. Ut supra, cirrhosis is an affliction of the liver. Therefore, i was wondering if it was possible to get it somewhere else; otherwise, "cirrhosis of the liver" would be a pleonasm.
Suggesting that ronebofh use Google, is like advising the sun to rise in the morning. It's like "his precious." As a matter of fact, he just said, "Yes, Google is my precious." We thinks you should read his question again, yes, we do.
Ron, by way of The DICT development group (http://dict.org/), I give you:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Cirrhosis
\Cir*rho"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? orange-colored: cf. F. cirrhose. So called from the yellowish appearance which the diseased liver often presents when cut.] (Med.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.
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Cirrhosis is characterized anatomically by widespread nodules in the liver combined with fibrosis. The fibrosis and nodule formation causes distortion of the normal liver architecture which interferes with blood flow through the liver. Cirrhosis can also lead to an inability of the liver to perform its biochemical functions. To understand the pathophysiology of cirrhosis, the normal anatomy and physiology of the liver must first be briefly reviewed.
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gi/cirrhosis.html
Poor rone, next time use google.
Still your faithful whipping IT boy,
Jayson
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Use Google?
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Cirrhosis of the liver is, indeed, brought to you by the Department of Redunancy Department.
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(Anonymous) 2002-12-26 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)Emphasis mine.
—Allan (http://radio.weblogs.com/0105058/)
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(Anonymous) 2002-12-28 03:20 am (UTC)(link)—Allan (http://radio.weblogs.com/0105058/)