scirrhous

adjective Pathology.

1. of a hard, fibrous consistency.
2. of, relating to, or constituting a scirrhus.

adjective

1. pathol of or resembling a scirrhus; hard

n.1560s, from Middle French scirrheux (16c., Modern French squirreux), from Modern Latin scirrhosus, from Latin scirros “a hard swelling, tumor,” from Greek skirrhos “hard tumor,” from skiros (adj.) “hard,” of unknown origin. adj.

1. Hardened; indurated.