Noun
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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
- cystic fibrosis - fibrocystic disease of the pancreas - pancreatic fibrosis -
a radioactive transuranic element
discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
- atomic number 98
Adverb
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compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
- cf.