fibrosis : Idioms & Phrases
cystic fibrosis
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noun the most common congenital 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
mucoviscidosis; fibrocystic disease of the pancreas; CF; cystic fibrosis.
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cystic fibrosis transport regulator
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noun the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis
CFTR.
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pancreatic fibrosis
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noun the most common congenital 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
mucoviscidosis; fibrocystic disease of the pancreas; CF; cystic fibrosis.
