Term: severe combined immunodeficiency: a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: ecclesiasticism: religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: chicken scratch: cramped or illegible handwriting
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: langue d'oc: medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: bituminous coal: rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: free electron: electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: ghostwriter: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: iceland spar: a transparent calcite found in Iceland and used in polarizing microscopes
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: blooming: the organic process of bearing flowers
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: figured bass: a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: interim overhaul: an overhaul between the regular times for overhauling