Middle English Dictionary Entry
schrōsis n.
Entry Info
Forms | schrōsis n. Also schreisis, schirsus. |
Etymology | From L scirrōsis, ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. skirros n.
1.
Med. A hard external tumor.
Associated quotations
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)149 : Bysshoppesworth is clepid structon or ostructon..she putteþ a-wey þe har[d]nesse [L Durum] þat in greek is clepid schrosis [vrr. schirsus; sclirosis; L sclirosim].
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)202 : Schreisis.