HyperDic: severe_combined_immunodeficiency_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression severe combined immunodeficiency disease:
NOUNstatesevere combined immunodeficiency disease, severe combined immunodeficiency, SCIDa congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes
English > severe combined immunodeficiency disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Synonymssevere combined immunodeficiency, SCID
NarrowerADA-SCIDSCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase
X-linked SCID, X-SCIDSCID in male children resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for a protein on the surface of T cells that allows them to develop a growth factor receptor
Broaderimmunodeficiencyimmunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
monogenic disorder, monogenic diseaseAn inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes

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