Pronunciation: ' t ā - ' saks-
Function: noun
Etymology: Warren Tay † 1927 British physician & Bernard P. Sachs † 1944 American neurologist
Date: 1907
: a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism typically affecting individuals of eastern European Jewish ancestry that is characterized by the accumulation of lipids especially in nervous tissue due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase, that is inherited as a recessive autosomal trait, and that causes death in early childhood ― called also Tay-Sachs