tay-sachs

Noun tay-sachs has 1 sense

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