scid
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | immunodeficiency, |
| definition | : | immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | ada-scid, |
| definition | : | SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | x-linked scid, x-scid, |
| definition | : | SCID 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 (noun.state) |
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