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X-SCID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
X-linked SCID; X-SCID
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("X-SCID" is a kind of...):
SCID; severe combined immunodeficiency; severe combined immunodeficiency disease (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)
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