Cystic fibrosis and Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis noun - 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.

Fibrosis and cystic fibrosis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fibrosis" instead a noun phrase "Cystic fibrosis".

Fibrosis noun - Development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

Cystic fibrosis and fibrosis are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cystic fibrosis" with "Fibrosis", this terms are similar.