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English noun: severe combined immunodeficiency

1. severe combined immunodeficiency (state) a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life


SynonymsSCID, severe combined immunodeficiency disease


Broader (hypernym)immunodeficiency, monogenic disease, monogenic disorder


Narrower (hyponym)ADA-SCID, X-linked SCID, X-SCID









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