cystic fibrosis
cystic fibrosis · cystic fibrosises
муковисцидоз
Mukoviszidose
An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus,…An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.
» Tom has cystic fibrosis.
У Тома кістозний фіброз.
Meaning
1 sensesAn inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.
Mukoviszidose
муковисцидо́зmukoviscidóz
More definitions
- the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
Examples
2 sentencesTom has cystic fibrosis.
У Тома кістозний фіброз. — deniko
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease.
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Forms
plural: cystic fibrosises| Singular | cystic fibrosis |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known:CFfibrocystic disease of the pancreaspancreatic fibrosismucoviscidosis