pancreatic fibrosis

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pancreatic fibrosis - 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 cystic fibrosis, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, mucoviscidosis, CF monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes fibrosis - development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ