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 Tay-Sachs
      n : a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most
          frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern
          Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results
          in death in early childhood [syn: Tay-Sachs disease, Sachs
          disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy]