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GAUCHER'S DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare chronic disorder of lipid metabolism of genetic origin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Gaucher's disease" is a kind of...):
monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)
lipidosis (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)