DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
cystic fibrosis
/'sɪstɪk_faɪ'broʊsɪs/ · sɪstɪkfaɪbroʊsɪs
Cystic fibrosis has 4 syllables: cyst · ic fi · bro · sis.
cyst
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ic fi
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bro
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sis
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noun. The most common hereditary 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.
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