scid
1. [ noun ] (medicine,genetics,immunology) 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: severe_combined_immunodeficiency_disease severe_combined_immunodeficiency
Related terms: monogenic_disease immunodeficiency x-linked_scid ada-scid
Similar spelling:   ScD
  Scheid
  scud
  scad
  Scheidt
  Schad
  Schade
  Scotti
  Schaad
  scut
  Scot
  SCET
  scat