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sachs disease

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. autosomal recessive defect
  2. autosomal recessive disease
  3. lipidosis
  4. monogenic disease
  5. monogenic disorder

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