Tay-Sachs disease

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noun

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
• Syn:
Tay-Sachs, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy
• Hypernyms:
lipidosis, autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defect, monogenic disorder, monogenic disease