cf

Adverb

• compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)

Noun

• 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

• a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cf. , cystic fibrosis , CF , fibrocystic disease of the pancreas , pancreatic fibrosis , mucoviscidosis , californium , Cf , atomic number 98