Niemann-Pick disease
- noun
- /ˈniːmən pɪk dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Niemann-Pick
- The doctor diagnosed the infant with Niemann-Pick disease after observing symptoms of enlarged liver and spleen.
Examples
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Researchers are investigating new treatments for Niemann-Pick disease, hoping to improve patient outcomes.
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Children with Niemann-Pick disease often experience developmental delays.
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Families affected by Niemann-Pick disease often seek support from genetic counselors.
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The symptoms of Niemann-Pick disease can vary widely.
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The doctor diagnosed the infant with Niemann-Pick disease after observing symptoms of enlarged liver and spleen.
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Researchers are investigating new treatments for Niemann-Pick disease, hoping to improve patient outcomes.
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Families affected by Niemann-Pick disease often seek support from genetic counselors.
Synonyms
A condition where too much fat builds up in the body's tissues
Surface Forms
Morphology
Niemann-Pick + disease
This is an eponymic name + 'disease' construction: a B1 learner who knows 'disease' will infer that Niemann‑Pick disease is some kind of illness, but they will not be able to derive the specific medical meaning (a rare inherited lipid metabolism disorder) from the constituent 'Niemann‑Pick' which is a proper name and carries no descriptive meaning. Eponymic disease names are cross-linguistically common, so partial understanding (category: illness) is likely, but full interpretation requires domain knowledge.
Etymology
Niemann-Pick disease is named after two doctors, Niemann and Pick, who first described the condition. They wrote about patients with a harmful build-up of fats in organs, so doctors began using their names for this 'inherited disease'.
