Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease.
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Cystic
//ˈsɪstɪk//
Synonyms for "cystic" (4 found)
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9 translations across 7 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَثَانِيّ adj (Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder)
Catalan
1 entries- quístic adj (Of or pertaining to a cyst)
French
1 entries- kystique adj (Of or pertaining to a cyst)
Greek
2 entries- κυστικός adj (Of or pertaining to a cyst)
- κυστικός adj (Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder)
Italian
1 entries- cistico adj (Of or pertaining to a cyst)
Portuguese
1 entries- cístico adj (Of or pertaining to a cyst)
Spanish
2 entries- cístico adj (Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder)
- quístico adj (Of or pertaining to a cyst)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom has cystic fibrosis.
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On Aug. 25, 1989, an 8-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis wrote in her journal that it was "the most best day" because scientists had "found a Jean for Cistik fibrosis."
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"We hoped that the gene discovery would someday lead to effective treatments for children and adults with cystic fibrosis," Francis Collins wrote. "Now, 30 years later, that time has come."
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