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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

severe combined immunodeficiency disease n 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 [syn: severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID]