…It is a disease in which the liver becomes hard, and the word derives from the Greek word kirrhos (yellowish) because the liver of a cirrhotic patient is yellowish. There are two types of cirrhosis: primary biliary cirrhosis, which develops mainly from hepatitis, and primary biliary cirrhosis, which occurs due to a non-viral autoimmune mechanism. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kirrhos" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…肝臓が硬くなる病気で,肝硬変の肝臓が黄色を帯びていたことから,ギリシア語のkirrhos(帯黄色の)が語源となった。主として肝炎から進展した肝硬変症と,非ウイルス性の自己免疫性の機序によって起こる原発性胆汁性肝硬変がある。… ※「kirrhos」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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