Tay-Sachs disease
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
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