Noun | 1. | ![]() metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
2. | CF - 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 monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes fibrosis - development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ | |
Adv. | 1. | cf - compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text) |