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n 1: a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding
curium with alpha particles [syn: californium, atomic
number 98]
2: 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; there is no cure [syn:
cystic fibrosis, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas,
pancreatic fibrosis, mucoviscidosis]
adv : compare (used in texts to point the reader to another
location in the text) [syn: cf., confer, see, see
also]
cf.
adv : compare (used in texts to point the reader to another
location in the text) [syn: cf, confer, see, see
also]