Laennec's cirrhosis
noun
Laen·nec's cirrhosis
variants:
or Laënnec's cirrhosis \ ˈlā-neks- 
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Medical Definition of Laennec's cirrhosis
: hepatic cirrhosis in which increased connective tissue spreads out from the portal spaces compressing and distorting the lobules, causing impairment of liver function, and ultimately producing the typical hobnail liver
— called also portal cirrhosis