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mucoviscidosis

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

• Syn: ↑cystic fibrosis, ↑CF, ↑fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, ↑pancreatic fibrosis

• Hypernyms: ↑fibrosis, ↑monogenic disorder, ↑monogenic disease

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/myooh'koh vis'i doh"sis/, n. Pathol.

See cystic fibrosis.

[1940-45; NL; see MUCO-, VISCID, -OSIS]

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mucoviscidōˈsis noun

Cystic fibrosis

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Main Entry: ↑mucus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.