NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Niemann-Pick disease" is a kind of...):

inborn error of metabolism (any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism)

autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)

lipidosis (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)

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