severe combined immunodeficiency disease

Noun

1.

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 Synonyms: SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency

ADA-SCID, immunodeficiency, monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency, X-linked SCID, X-SCID