Schirrus

Quick meaning: Schirrus is a noun meaning (obsolete) A hard swelling of a gland or other organ.

Meaning

(obsolete) A hard swelling of a gland or other organ.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) A condition characterized by the formation of tumors.

Example Sentences

Chirurgical writers have generally enumerated tumor as an essential symptom of the schirrus ; and it is very true, that this disease is often accompanied with an increase of bulk in the part affected.

We have seen it occur without preceding schirrus, present an equal smooth surface with little secretion; and many other appearances of this ulcer have been observed, as it has been modified by accidental circumstances.

In acute cases they are rapidly produced, make scarcely an attempt at development, and die off with rapidity; in schirrus they are formed more slowly, and in much smaller numbers, live longer, and make some attempt at caudation, but they are still farther removed in form from the typical cell of healthy tissues.

[…] 'Tis true, when once a Schirrus is formed in a glandular Part, no one can tell how it may terminate; becauſe various changes may ariſe from various Cauſes in the Conſtitution of the Perſon; and if the Juices ſhould degenerate into a highly acrid, or what the Ancients termed an atrabiliary State, the Schirrus will be (cæteris paribus) more liable to become a Cancer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chit, scritch, skirl, squirl, churme, stridor.

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