سكیروس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκῖρος (skîros, “scrub, induration, tumour”), perhaps through French squirrhe.

Noun

سكیروس • (sekiros)

1. (oncology) scirrhus, a cancerous tumour

Derived terms

• سكیروسی (sekirosi, “schirrhoid”)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سكیروس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 687