Search Result for "infantile_amaurotic_idiocy":
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):

infantile amaurotic idiocy 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]