severe combined immune deficiency: Meaning and Definition of

severe' combined' immune' defi"ciency

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— Pathol. Pathol.
  1. 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.
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