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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation severe combined immunodeficiency
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- noun 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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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
Canadian Online Health News Lauran Neergaard 2010
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
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Now being added to the list: Bubble-boy disease, formally known as SCID for severe combined immune deficiency.
ajc.com - News LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010
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