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    TAY-SACHS DISEASE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 childhoodplay

    Synonyms:

    infantile amaurotic idiocy; Sachs disease; Tay-Sachs; Tay-Sachs disease

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("Tay-Sachs disease" is a kind of...):

    monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

    autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)

    lipidosis (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)

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