mucoviscidosis, n.
(mucoviscidoses)
(mucoviscidoses)
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
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CF cystic fibrosis fibrocystic disease of the pancreas mucoviscidosis pancreatic fibrosis
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