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Tay-Sachs Disease
(gcide) | Tay-Sachs Disease \Tay"-Sachs Disease\, n. (Med.)
A rare hereditary disease affecting lipid metabolism in
humans, due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase. It occurs in
infants and children, and causes death before the onset of
adulthood. It occurs most commonly of people of Jewish origin
from easter Europe. It is characterized by accumulation of
lipids in nervous tissue, causes a red spot on the retina,
and eventual blindness and paralysis before death.
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tay-sachs disease
(wn) | Tay-Sachs disease
n 1: 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, infantile amaurotic idiocy] |
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