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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. liver diseases
  5. liver cirrhosis
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. liver diseases
  5. liver cirrhosis

Preferred term

liver cirrhosis

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • hepatic cirrhosis
  • liver fibrosis

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/26370

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