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cystic_fibrosis

cystic fibrosis

English

Noun

cystic fibrosis

(pathology) An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.

Synonyms

mucoviscidosis

Translations

medical condition

Catalan: fibrosi quística
Chinese:
Mandarin: 囊腫性纖維, 囊肿性纤维 ‎(nángzhǒngxìng xiānwéi)
Czech: cystická fibróza f
Finnish: kystinen fibroosi
French: mucoviscidose (fr) f

German: Mukoviszidose (de) f
Greek: κυστική ίνωση f ‎(kystikí ínosi)
Indonesian: fibrosis kistik
Japanese: 嚢胞性線維症 ‎(nōhōseisen'ishō)
Portuguese: fibrose cística f
Russian: муковисцидо́з (ru) m ‎(mukoviscidóz)
Spanish: fibrosis quística

See also

cystic fibrosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia