n :  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 results usu. in early death - abbr. SCID - called also severe combined immune deficiency , evere combined immunodeficiency disease  - see ADENOSINE DEAMINASE  .
 
 
 
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