TAY-SACHS DISEASE


Meaning of TAY-SACHS DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtā-ˈsaks- ]

noun

Etymology: Warren Tay died 1927 British physician & Bernard P. Sachs died 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

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