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severe combined immunodeficiency

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
sev-ere -com-bined im-mun-od-e-fi-cien-cy
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
10
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genetic disorder characterized by the disturbed development of functional T cells and B cells, resulting in extreme vulnerability to infectious diseases.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

severe combined immunodeficiencies (plural)

Synonyms

SCID bubble boy disease bubble boy syndrome bubble baby disease bubble baby syndrome severe combined immunodeficiency disease

Questions

What does severe combined immunodeficiency mean?
A genetic disorder characterized by the disturbed development of functional T cells and B cells, resulting in extreme vulnerability to infectious diseases.

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