cystic fibrosis

Noun cystic fibrosis has 1 sense

• cystic fibrosis(n = noun.state) cf, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, mucoviscidosis, pancreatic fibrosis - 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;
is a kind of monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, fibrosis