SCID
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- noun
- /ɛs-si-aɪ-di/
- Specialized
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SCID
- Babies diagnosed with SCID often face severe infections due to their weakened immune systems.
- SCID-II
- SCID mice
Examples
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Well, I have SCID.
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Remember how I said that my type of SCID was uncommon?
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I was diagnosed with SCID pretty early.
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But I have SCID, which means I have way fewer lymphocytes than normal.
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Believe it or not, the diagnosis of Leaky SCID (or bubble boy) was welcoming news to the Fishes.
Blog text (34) -
Another example of in utero therapy is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for SCID or thalassemia.
Academic text (2004) -
Early diagnosis of SCID is crucial for increasing the chances of effective treatment and survival.
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Parents of children with SCID must take extra precautions to prevent infections that could be life-threatening.
Synonyms
A rare condition passed from parents that makes babies unable to fight infections and often deadly without treatment
A rare inherited illness that makes the body's defence against infections very weak
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious illness from birth that makes the immune system not work because of a gene change
- Specialized
Serious immune disease in boys caused by a gene change on the X chromosome that prevents T cells from developing
- Specialized
A serious inherited disease in baby boys that stops their immune system working
Surface Forms
Morphology
SCID = severe + combined + immunodeficiency (opaque) = S + C + I + D
SCID is an initialism formed from the initial letters of a multiword medical term; the letters do not function as productive morphemes and the meaning cannot be derived by standard morphological rules.
Etymology
SCID is a medical short name from the words severe ('very bad'), combined ('joined together') and immunodeficiency ('weak immune system'). So, SCID refers to a very serious condition, often passed from parents, where the body's defenses cannot fight infections.