Definition of Mucoviscidosis

Noun: mucoviscidosis  ,myoo-kow,vi-si'dow-sis

1. 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, CF, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, pancreatic fibrosis

See also:
mucous
mucro