Adjacent Words
Scipio the Elderscire facias
Scirius Carolinensis
Sciroc
scirocco
Scirpus
Scirpus acutus
Scirpus cyperinus
Scirpus Eriophorum
Scirpus lacustris
Scirrhi
Scirrhoid
Scirrhosity
Scirrhous cancer or Hard cancer
scirrhus
Scirrhuses
Scirrosity
Scirrous
Scirrus
Sciscitation
Scise
scissars
scissel
Scissible
Scissil
Scissile
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Merriam Webster's
adjective Etymology: New Latin scirrhosus, from scirrhus scirrhous tumor, from Greek skiros, skirrhos overgrown land, hardened tumor Date: 1563 of, relating to, or being a hard slow-growing malignant tumor having a preponderance of fibrous tissue
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Scirrhous Scir"rhous (sk[i^]r"r[u^]s), a. [NL. scirrhosus.] (Med.) Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. [Written also skirrhous.]
