severe combined immunodeficiency

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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
• Syn:
severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID
• Hypernyms:
immunodeficiency, monogenic disorder, monogenic disease
• Hyponyms:
ADA-SCID, X-linked SCID, X-SCID