TAY-SACHS DISEASE


Meaning of TAY-SACHS DISEASE in English

[Tay-Sachs disease] n [Warren Tay d. 1927 Brit. physician & Bernard P. Sachs d. 1944 Am. neurologist] (1907): a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism typically affecting individuals of eastern European Jewish ancestry that is characterized by the accumulation of lipids esp. in nervous tissue due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase and causes death in early childhood--called also Tay-Sachs

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