severe combined immunodeficiency disease
- noun
- /sɪˈvɪr kəmˈbaɪnd ˌɪmjunəˈdɪfɪʃən dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de inmunodeficiencia combinada severa
- If left untreated, severe combined immunodeficiency disease is usually fatal within the first two years of life.
Examples
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Infants with severe combined immunodeficiency disease require protective isolation to avoid life-threatening infections.
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Bone marrow transplantation can offer a cure for children diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency disease.
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Children with severe combined immunodeficiency disease often require isolation.
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The doctor diagnosed him with severe combined immunodeficiency disease last year.
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If left untreated, severe combined immunodeficiency disease is usually fatal within the first two years of life.
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Bone marrow transplantation can offer a cure for children diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency disease.
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Infants with severe combined immunodeficiency disease require protective isolation to avoid life-threatening infections.
Synonyms
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A rare condition passed from parents that makes the body's defence very weak so babies get serious infections
A rare inherited illness that makes the body's defence against infections very weak
Surface Forms
Morphology
severe + combined + immunodeficiency + disease
The meaning is directly compositional: 'severe' (very serious) + 'combined' (involving multiple components) + 'immunodeficiency' (weakened immune system) + 'disease' (a medical condition) yields a serious disease caused by a combined immune system weakness. Although it is a technical medical term with specific details (e.g. T‑cell absence) that may be unfamiliar, the overall sense is transparently derived from the constituents and follows common medical compounding patterns.
Etymology
Severe combined immunodeficiency disease literally tells the problem: 'severe' means very serious, 'combined' shows more than one part is affected, and 'immunodeficiency' means 'not enough immune protection'. So the name reminds us that the body's defenses are very weak, which is why people with it get dangerous infections.