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CF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CF mean? 

CF (noun)
  The noun CF has 2 senses:

1. a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particlesplay

2. 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 knownplay

  Familiarity information: CF used as a noun is rare.


CF (adverb)
  The adverb CF has 1 sense:

1. compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)play

  Familiarity information: CF used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 98; californium; Cf

Hypernyms ("Cf" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)


Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

CF; cystic fibrosis; fibrocystic disease of the pancreas; mucoviscidosis; pancreatic fibrosis

Hypernyms ("CF" is a kind of...):

monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

fibrosis (development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ)


CF (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

Synonyms:

cf; cf.


 Context examples 


Today, with improved treatments, some people who have CF are living into their forties, fifties, or older.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Activation of CFs, which make multiple synaptic contacts on proximal dendrites, also via AMPA receptors, opens voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) and causes a generalized influx of calcium.

(Long-Term Depression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

In this mouse model, cleft palate formation can be induced by cortisone while alloxan treatment induces diabetes in a high percentage of CF-1 mice.

(CF-1 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Although there is no cure for CF, treatments have improved greatly in recent years.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The CF-1 mouse has an albino coat with genotype c and is used as a multi-purpose strain for a variety of applications including infectious disease modeling, embryological studies, and safety and efficacy testing.

(CF-1 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Cerebellar long-term depression (LTD), thought to be a molecular and cellular basis for cerebellar learning, is a process involving a decrease in the synaptic strength between parallel fiber (PF) and Purkinje cells (PCs) induced by the conjunctive activation of PFs and climbing fiber (CF).

(Long-Term Depression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The symptoms and severity of CF vary widely.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

CF causes your mucus to be thick and sticky.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease of the mucus and sweat glands.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Until the 1980s, most deaths from CF occurred in children and teenagers.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)



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