cf
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, |
| definition | : | an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes (noun.state) |
| hypernym | : | fibrosis, |
| definition | : | development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ (noun.state) |
2. a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | metal, metallic element, |
| definition | : | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. (noun.substance) |
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