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
How To Use severe combined immunodeficiency disease In A Sentence
- Since 2005, HHS has agreed to add to its recommended list severe combined immunodeficiency disease, or "bubble boy disease," and is still considering whether to add a congenital heart condition. New Tests for Newborns, And Dilemmas for Parents
- ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease
