- combined immunodeficiency
- deficiency of lymphoid cells that mediate both humoral immunity (B lymphocytes) and cellular immunity (T lymphocytes). See table. Called also combined immunodeficiency disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
combined immunodeficiency
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