Tay-Sachs

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Tay-Sachs
       n : a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring 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}, {Sachs
           disease}, {infantile amaurotic idiocy}]