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TAY-SACHS DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
Synonyms:
infantile amaurotic idiocy; Sachs disease; Tay-Sachs; Tay-Sachs disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Tay-Sachs disease" is a kind of...):
monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)
autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)
lipidosis (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)
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