n :  an enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of AMP, ADP, and ATP to inosine, whose deficiency causes a form of severe combined immunodeficiency by inhibiting DNA replication in lymphocytes, and whose marked increase is associated with a mild chronic hemolytic anemia - abbr. ADA .
 
 
 
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