Overview of noun cf.

The noun cf has 2 senses

• californium, Cf, atomic number 98 -- (a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles)


• 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; no cure is known)

Overview of adv cf.

The adv cf. has 1 sense

• cf., cf -- (compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text))