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Detailed Synonyms for severe combined immunodeficiency disease in English
severe combined immunodeficiency disease:
severe combined immunodeficiency disease [the ~] noun
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the severe combined immunodeficiency disease
– 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 1the severe combined immunodeficiency disease; the SCID; the severe combined immunodeficiency– 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 1