释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Nie′mann-Pick′ disease′ (nē′mən pik′),USA pronunciation [Pathol.]- Pathologya rare, hereditary lipid-storage disease, occurring primarily among Ashkenazic Jews, in which abnormal lipid metabolism results in enlargement of the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes, and in progressive mental and physical deterioration.
[described independently by German physicians Albert Niemann (1880–1921) in 1914 and Ludwig Pick (1868–1935?) in 1926]• |