Tay-Sachs disease

Tay-Sachs disease definition - medical

Tay-Sachs disease (tāˈsăksˌ)

noun
A lyposomal storage disease that is the infantile type of cerebral sphingolipidosis. Also called GM2 gangliosidosis.

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