SCID

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A form of severe combined immunodeficiency — A genetic disorder characterized by the disturbed development of functional T cells and B cells, resulting in extreme vulnerability to infectious diseases.

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Meanings

nounSCID (countable and uncountable, plural SCIDs)

plural SCIDs

  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableimmunologyInitialism of severe combined immunodeficiency.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of structured clinical interview for DSM-IV.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna 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

Similar
severe combined immunodeficiencysevere combined immunodeficiency disease
Broader
immunodeficiencymonogenic disordermonogenic disease
Also see
severe combined immunodeficiency

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