Synonym for alcoholic liver disease ... <gastroenterology> Alcoholic cirrhosis is a condition of irreversible liver disease due to the chronic inflammatory and toxic effects of ethanol on the liver. ... In cirrhosis, the liver cells are replaced by fibrous scar tissue. Fibrosis leads to the development of portal hypertension. The development ...
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Laënnec cirrhosis.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. cirrhosis that frequently develops in chronic alcoholism, characterized in an early stage by enlargement of the liver due to fatty change with mild fibrosis, and later by La뀀nnec cirrhosis with contraction of the liver.
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