ADA-SCID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ADA-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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