| Definition of 'severe combined immunodeficiency' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID
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
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| Definition of 'severe combined immunodeficiency' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. severe combined immunodeficiency
Group of rare congenital disorders characterized by impairment of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, leukopenia, and low or absent antibody levels. It is inherited as an X-linked or autosomal recessive defect. Mutations occurring in many different genes cause human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).
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