(medicine) Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus.

Likely to induce groans (as of a poor joke).

(architecture) In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.

(law) In the law of real property, a guarantee made by the seller of a parcel of land to the buyer of that parcel regarding the legal status of the title.