cirrhosis
/sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/noun
cirrhosis is spelled C-I-R-R-H-O-S-I-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cirrhosis means “A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cirrhosis is cirrhoses.
How many letters and syllables are in cirrhosis?
| Letters | 9: C-I-R-R-H-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cirrhosis?
Cirrhosis appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cirrhosis?
- /sɪˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
Cirrhosis has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-cirrhosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cirrhosis
- cirrhoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cirrhosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.
- 2
Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cirrhosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chronic disease of the liver:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cirrhosis come from?
From Ancient Greek κιρρός (kirrhós, “tawny”) and -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).