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severe combined immunodeficiency
noun
: a rare congenital disorder of the immune system that is characterized by inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies and T cells and that usually results in early death
called also severe combined immune deficiency
Examples of severe combined immunodeficiency in a Sentence
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He’d been flagged for a rare genetic disorder: SCID, or severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Hazlitt, 14 Dec. 2022
Tribe members suffer Navajo neurohepatopathy, diabetes and severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Alain Fischer, a French professor of pediatric immunology, and his team tried to cure a disease called severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2023
In 2008, the state became first to test for severe combined immunodeficiency, also known as bubble boy disease.
—Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
The disease at issue is severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, or ADA-SCID.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
The treatment, which Orchard designated OTL-101, addresses severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, or ADA-SCID.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
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“Severe combined immunodeficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/severe%20combined%20immunodeficiency. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
severe combined immunodeficiency
noun
: a rare congenital disorder of the immune system that is characterized by inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies and T cells and that results usually in early death
—abbreviation SCID
called also severe combined immune deficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease
see adenosine deaminaseMore from Merriam-Webster on severe combined immunodeficiency
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about severe combined immunodeficiency
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