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ADA-SCID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ADA-SCID mean?
• ADA-SCID (noun)
The noun ADA-SCID has 1 sense:
1. SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase
Familiarity information: ADA-SCID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ADA-SCID" is a kind of...):
SCID; severe combined immunodeficiency; severe combined immunodeficiency disease (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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