sachs disease

Noun sachs disease has 1 sense

• sachs disease(n = noun.state) infantile amaurotic idiocy, tay-sachs, tay-sachs disease - 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; Array
is a kind of monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease, lipidosis