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English noun: infantile amaurotic idiocy | |||
| 1. | infantile amaurotic idiocy (state) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Tay-Sachs disease | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease, lipidosis, monogenic disease, monogenic disorder | ||
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