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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 receptorplay

    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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