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CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSPORT REGULATOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does cystic fibrosis transport regulator mean?
• CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSPORT REGULATOR (noun)
The noun CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSPORT REGULATOR has 1 sense:
1. the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis
Familiarity information: CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSPORT REGULATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSPORT REGULATOR (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
CFTR; cystic fibrosis transport regulator
Hypernyms ("cystic fibrosis transport regulator" is a kind of...):
mutant gene (a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected)
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