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Detailed Synonyms for Tay-Sachs disease in English
Tay-Sachs disease:
Tay-Sachs disease [the ~] noun
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the Tay-Sachs disease
– 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 1the Sachs disease; the Tay-Sachs; the Tay-Sachs disease; the infantile amaurotic idiocy– 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 1