severe combined immune deficiency

or severe combined immunodeficiency


noun Pathology.

a group of rare congenital disorders in which both cell-mediated and humoral immunity are lacking, causing susceptibility to a wide variety of illnesses and an inability to live in a normal environment. Abbreviation: SCID

Words nearby severe combined immune deficiency

Medical definitions for severe combined immunodeficiency

severe combined immunodeficiency

n.

A usually fatal congenital immune system disorder in which the body is unable to produce enough B cells and T cells to resist infection.