Cirrhosis of the liver and Liver disease

Cirrhosis of the liver noun - A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism.

Liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Liver disease" instead a noun phrase "Cirrhosis of the liver".

Liver disease noun - A disease affecting the liver.

Cirrhosis of the liver and liver disease are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cirrhosis of the liver" with "Liver disease", this phrases are similar.