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Definition of: scirrhus
(skir′əs, sir′-) noun plural scir·rhi (skir′ī) or scir·rhus·es Pathol.
A hard tumor; specifically, a hard cancerous tumor. [<NL <L scirros <Gk. skirrhos a tumor <skiros hard]
—scir·rhos·i·ty (ski·ros′ə·tē, si-) noun
—scir′rhous, scir′rhoid adjective
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