mucoviscidosis
Cystic fibrosisCystic fibrosis.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Cystic fibrosis.
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
Origin
From muco- + viscid + -osis.From muco- + viscid + -osis.
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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:cystic fibrosisCFfibrocystic disease of the pancreaspancreatic fibrosis
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