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PANCREATIC FIBROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatic fibrosis mean? 

PANCREATIC FIBROSIS (noun)
  The noun PANCREATIC FIBROSIS has 1 sense:

1. 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: PANCREATIC FIBROSIS used as a noun is very rare.


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PANCREATIC FIBROSIS (noun)


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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 ("pancreatic fibrosis" 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)


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