SCIR'ROUS, adjective 1. Indurated; hard; knotty; as a gland. 2. Proceeding from scirrus; as scirrous affections; scirrous disease.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SCIR'ROUS, adjective 1. Indurated; hard; knotty; as a gland. 2. Proceeding from scirrus; as scirrous affections; scirrous disease.
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