infantile amaurotic idiocy

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	Definition:		[n]  a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of eastern European Jewish descent; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood
	Synonyms:		Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Tay-Sachs disease
	See Also:		autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease, lipidosis, monogenic disease, monogenic disorder