Meanings
- medicineAn inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.
Synonyms: mucoviscidosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic الْتَلَيُّفُ الْكِيسِيُّ
- الْتَلَيُّفُ الْكِيسِيُّ (al-talayyufu l-kīsiyyu)medical condition
Catalan fibrosi quística
- fibrosi quísticamedical condition
Chinese Mandarin 囊腫性纖維化 /囊肿性纤维化
- 囊腫性纖維化 /囊肿性纤维化 (nángzhǒngxìng xiānwéihuà)medical condition
Czech cystická fibróza
- cystická fibrózamedical condition
Danish cystisk fibrose
- cystisk fibrosemedical condition
Finnish kystinen fibroosi
- kystinen fibroosimedical condition
French mucoviscidose
- mucoviscidosemedical condition
German Mukoviszidose
- Mukoviszidosemedical condition
Greek κυστική ίνωση
- κυστική ίνωση (kystikí ínosi)medical condition
Hungarian cisztás fibrózis, mukoviszcidózis
- cisztás fibrózismedical condition
- mukoviszcidózismedical condition
Indonesian fibrosis kistik
- fibrosis kistikmedical condition
Japanese 嚢胞性線維症
- 嚢胞性線維症 (nōhōseisen'ishō)medical condition
Māori mate hūware tāpiapia, kukūtanga wētinana
- mate hūware tāpiapiamedical condition
- kukūtanga wētinanamedical condition
Polish mukowiscydoza
- mukowiscydozamedical condition
Portuguese fibrose cística
- fibrose císticamedical condition
Russian муковисцидо́з
- муковисцидо́з (mukoviscidóz)medical condition
Spanish fibrosis quística
- fibrosis quísticamedical condition
Turkish kistik fibrozis
- kistik fibrozismedical condition
Cite this entry
cystic fibrosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cystic%20fibrosis
“cystic fibrosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cystic%20fibrosis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cystic fibrosis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cystic%20fibrosis.
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