noun
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
• Hypernyms: ↑immunodeficiency, ↑monogenic disorder, ↑monogenic disease
• Hyponyms: ↑ADA-SCID, ↑X-linked SCID, ↑X-SCID
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abbreviationsevere combined immunodeficiency herein
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Pathol.
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SCID (medicine)
abbrev
Severe combined immunodeficiency
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SCID (no periods),
severe combined immunodeficiency, a disease similar to AIDS.
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abbr. severe combined immune deficiency, a rare genetic disorder in which affected children have no resistance to disease and must be kept isolated from infection from birth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.