Cirrhosis
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early 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek kirrhos ‘tawny’ (because this is the colour of the liver in many cases).
wiktionary
From Ancient Greek κιρρός(kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis
etymonline
cirrhosis (n.)
"chronic inflammation of connective tissue," originally and especially of the liver, 1827, coined in Modern Latin by French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec with -osis and Greek kirros "red-yellow, yellow-brown, tawny," which is of unknown origin. The form is erroneous, presuming Greek *kirrhos. So called for the orange-yellow appearance of the diseased liver. Related: Cirrhotic.
