Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun niemann-pick_disease

1 sense of niemann-pick disease

Sense 1
Niemann-Pick disease -- (a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait)
       => inborn error of metabolism -- (any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism)
       => 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)