Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tay-sachs_disease

1 sense of tay-sachs disease

Sense 1
Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Sachs disease, 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)
       => lipidosis -- (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)
       => autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defect -- (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)
       => monogenic disorder, monogenic disease -- (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)