fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
Noun
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The 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 (synset 114178988)is a type of:- monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
- fibrosis - development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ
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