| NOUN | state | Tay-Sachs, Tay-Sachs disease, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy | a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Tay-Sachs disease, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy | |
| Broader | autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defect | A disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome |
| lipidosis | A disorder of lipid metabolism | |
| monogenic disorder, monogenic disease | An inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes | |
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