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severe combined immune deficiency — noun see severe combined immunodeficiency * * * Pathol. a group of rare congenital disorders in which both cell mediated and humoral immunity are lacking, causing susceptibility to a wide variety of illnesses and an inability to live in a normal… … Useful english dictionary
severe combined immune deficiency — noun see severe combined immunodeficiency … New Collegiate Dictionary
severe combined immune deficiency — a rare disorder that usually manifests itself within the first three months of life by severe bacterial, fungal, and viral infection and failure to thrive. It is due to reduced numbers of T and B lymphocyte white blood cells necessary for… … Medical dictionary
severe combined immune deficiency — SCID a rare disorder that usually manifests itself within the first three months of life by severe bacterial, fungal, and viral infection and failure to thrive. It is due to reduced numbers of T and B lymphocytes – white blood cells necessary for … The new mediacal dictionary
severe combined immunodeficiency — n 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 usu. in early death abbr. SCID called also severe combined immune deficiency, severe… … Medical dictionary
severe combined immunodeficiency — noun 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:… … Useful english dictionary
severe combined immunodeficiency — noun Date: 1973 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Combined immunodeficiencies — Classification and external resources ICD 10 D81 ICD 9 279.2 Combined immunodeficiencies … Wikipedia
adenosine deaminase deficiency — (ADA deficiency) a genetic disorder affecting about one baby in 25,000 and characterized by a defect in adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme that is involved in purine metabolism. Deficiency of this enzyme results in selective damage to the… … Medical dictionary
adenosine deaminase deficiency — ADA deficiency a genetic disorder affecting about one baby in 25,000 and characterized by a defect in adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme that is involved in purine metabolism. Deficiency of this enzyme results in selective damage to the… … The new mediacal dictionary
