Cystic 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.
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Synonyms for Cystic fibrosis
Monogenic disease and cystic fibrosis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Monogenic disease" instead a noun phrase "Cystic fibrosis".
Monogenic disease
Monogenic disease noun - An inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes.
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Synonyms for Monogenic disease
Cystic fibrosis and monogenic disease are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cystic fibrosis" with "Monogenic disease", this phrases are similar.
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Monogenic disease and Cystic fibrosis. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cystic_fibrosis/monogenic_disease
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