cf has definitions from the fields of chemistry,medicine,genetics,pathology
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[ adverb ] compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

Synonyms

see see_also confer cf.

2
[ noun ] (medicine,genetics,pathology) 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; there is no cure
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

Related terms

metallic_element

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