Hepatitis vs. Cirrhosis

Hepatitisnoun

Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

Hepatitisnoun

Inflammation of the liver.

Hepatitisnoun

inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

Hepatitis

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), poor appetite, vomiting, tiredness, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

Cirrhosisnoun

(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis or nutritional deprivation. It is characterised by an increase of fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.

Cirrhosisnoun

(by extension) Interstitial inflammation of kidneys, lungs, and other organs.

Cirrhosisnoun

A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.

Cirrhosisnoun

a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism

Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease, is the impaired liver function caused by the formation of scar tissue known as fibrosis, due to damage caused by liver disease. Damage causes tissue repair and subsequent formation of scar tissue, which over time can replace normal functioning tissue leading to the impaired liver function of cirrhosis.