Sachs disease
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- noun
- /sæks dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Tay-Sachs
- Tay-Sachs disease is a rare hereditary disorder that affects lipid metabolism and often leads to premature death in children.
- Tay-Sachs disease
Examples
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For example, Tay-Sachs disease is still linked to Jews.
Academic text (2011) -
We will also be providing data for most of the mutations routinely screened for in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, including those associated with Tay-Sachs disease, Canavan disease, and Bloom's syndrome.
Blog text (14) -
One doctor suggested that she be tested for Tay-Sachs disease.
Fiction book (1991) -
We got these genetic tests and we were both positive - for Tay-Sachs disease.
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Tay-Sachs disease is in our genes, a hundred times more than in anybody else's, but not the need for a big screen television.
Fiction book (1997) -
And it might seem cruel to have the law compel a woman to have a child with Tay-Sachs disease.
Academic text (2003) -
This whole discussion made me think of something like Tay-Sachs disease, which is most commonly found in a population of Eastern European Jews... but is also prevalent in a certain group of French Canadians.
Blog text (8) -
Some of the most known and publicized inheritable conditions are Tay-Sachs disease, muscular dystrophy, sickle cell disease, and cystic fibrosis.
Academic text (2005) -
Genetic testing of the fetus in the uterus now allows us to choose against lives that would be marred by severe genetic effects, to choose against babies being born with Down's syndrome, Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis, and so forth.
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Even the staunchest opponents of fetal selection would be hard-pressed to disallow testing in the most extreme cases—for example, Tay-Sachs disease or anencephaly.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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A rare inherited disease that destroys nerve cells and causes death in early childhood
A rare inherited disorder where fatty substances build up in brain nerve cells, causing early death in childhood
An inherited disease where fat builds up in the brain and causes early death in children
Surface Forms
Morphology
Sachs + disease
‘Sachs’ is an eponym/proper name with no lexical content a learner can interpret, while ‘disease’ only signals that the term refers to a medical condition. A B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it is a disease named Sachs but would not be able to derive the specific hereditary lipid‑metabolism disorder, affected population, or prognosis, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Sachs disease is named after Dr. Bernard Sachs, the doctor who first described this sad illness in children. Because his name was used for the condition, Sachs disease now means the rare inherited disorder that 'runs in families' and harms nerve cells.