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Definition of severe combined immunodeficiency
: 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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The first known use of severe combined immunodeficiency was in 1973
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