cf

Meanings

• a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
• 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
• compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

Synonyms

• californium
• Cf
• atomic number 98
• cystic fibrosis
• CF
• fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
• pancreatic fibrosis
• mucoviscidosis
• cf.

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