Laennec's cirrhosis

noun

Laen·​nec's cirrhosis

variants or Laënnec's cirrhosis

ˈlā-neks- 

: 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