| 单词 | amaurotic familial idiocy |
| 释义 | Tay-Sachs disease /tā-saksˈ di-zēzˈ/nounA congenital disorder, prevalent in Ashkenazi Jews, caused by a faulty gene, in which progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord causes mental retardation, blindness, paralysis and usu an early death in childhood (also called amaurotic familial idiocy) ORIGIN: W Tay (1843–1927), British doctor and B Sachs (1858–1944), US neurologist |
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