hobnail liver

noun
hob·​nail liver | \ ˈhäb-ˌnāl- How to pronounce hobnail liver (audio) \
variants: or hobnailed liver \ ˈhäb-​ˌnāld-​ How to pronounce hobnailed liver (audio) \

Medical Definition of hobnail liver

1 : the liver as it appears in one form of cirrhosis in which it is shrunken and hard and covered with small projecting nodules
2 : the cirrhosis associated with hobnail liver : laennec's cirrhosis