Hard; relating to a scirrhus.
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adj.
describing carcinomas that are stony hard to the touch. Such a carcinoma (for example of the breast) is known as a scirrhus.
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scir·rhous (skirґəs) [L. scirrhosus] pertaining to or of the nature of a hard cancer; see also under carcinoma.Medical dictionary. 2011.