'severe combined immunodeficiency' definitions:

Definition of '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, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID]

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