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SCID

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There are 4 entries related to SCID in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.


1. What does SCID mean?
definition
It's 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

2. What does X-SCID mean?
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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 receptor

3. What does ADA-SCID mean?
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SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase

4. What does X-LINKED SCID mean?
definition
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 receptor


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