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 disease, ↑Tay-Sachs, ↑Sachs disease
• Hypernyms: ↑lipidosis, ↑autosomal recessive disease, ↑autosomal recessive defect, ↑monogenic disorder, ↑monogenic disease
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