Adverbial cf has 1 sense
- cf., cf, confer, see, see also - compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
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Noun cf has 2 senses
- californium, Cf, atomic number 98 - a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles
--1 is a kind of metallic element, metal
- cystic fibrosis, CF, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, pancreatic fibrosis, mucoviscidosis - 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
--2 is a kind of fibrosis; monogenic disorder, monogenic disease
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