severe combined immunodeficiency
noun
: a rare congenital disorder of the immune system that is characterized by inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies and T cells and that usually results in early death
called also severe combined immune deficiency
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Tribe members suffer Navajo neurohepatopathy, diabetes and severe combined immunodeficiency.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Alain Fischer, a French professor of pediatric immunology, and his team tried to cure a disease called severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2023
He’d been flagged for a rare genetic disorder: SCID, or severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Hazlitt, 14 Dec. 2022
In 2008, the state became first to test for severe combined immunodeficiency, also known as bubble boy disease.
—Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
Alain Fischer, a French professor of pediatric immunology, and his team tried to cure a disease called severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2023
He’d been flagged for a rare genetic disorder: SCID, or severe combined immunodeficiency.
—Hazlitt, 14 Dec. 2022
In 2008, the state became first to test for severe combined immunodeficiency, also known as bubble boy disease.
—Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
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“Severe combined immunodeficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/severe%20combined%20immunodeficiency. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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