HyperDic: niemann-pick_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression Niemann-Pick disease:
NOUNstateNiemann-Pick diseasea disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait
English > Niemann-Pick disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
Broaderautosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defectA disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome
inborn error of metabolismAny of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism
lipidosisA disorder of lipid metabolism

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