For Tay-sachs Disease we have terms and definitions in 7 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Baby, Gene Testing, Genetics, Medical and Women's Health.

Tay-sachs Disease (Anthromorphemics)

An enzyme deficiency of lipid metabolism inherited as a recessive; causes death in early childhood.

Tay-sachs Disease (Anthropology)

An enzyme deficiency of lipid metabolism inherited as a recessive; causes death in early childhood.

Tay-sachs Disease (Baby)

A genetic disorder carried by an estimated one in 30 Eastern European Jews; babies born with Tay-Sachs lack an essential enzyme and die in early childhood. A preconception test can determine whether potential parents are carriers of the disease.

Tay-sachs Disease (Gene Testing)

An inherited disease of infancy characterized by profound mental retardation and early death; it is caused by a recessive gene mutation.

Tay-sachs Disease (Genetics)

A fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system due to a deficiency of hexosamidase A, causing mental deficiency, paralysis, mental deterioration, and blindness; found primarily but not exclusively among Ashkenazi Jews. Autosomal recessive.

Tay-sachs Disease (Medical)

A severe genetic disorder that causes nervous system disturbances and death, usually before the age of 3

Tay-sachs Disease (Women's Health)

A fatal genetic disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside GM2 build up in the nerve cells in the brain and damage the cells. In children, this begins in the fetus early in pregnancy. By the time a child with Tay-Sachs is three or four years old, the nervous system is so badly affected that death usually results by age five.

Similar

Browse words that start with:

• Ta
• Tay
• Tay-
• Tay-s

Browse All Terms by First Letter

Term Search