1. a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death; [syn: Spielmeyer-Vogt disease, juvenile amaurotic idiocy]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Spielmeyer-Vogt disease
n 1: a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism
having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and
dementia and early death [syn: Spielmeyer-Vogt disease,
juvenile amaurotic idiocy]