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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tay-Sachs
    n 1: 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 [syn: Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-
         Sachs, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy]