x-scid
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | scid, severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, |
| definition | : | 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) |
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