amaurotic family idiocy
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amaurotic family idiocy — noun see amaurotic idiocy … Useful english dictionary
amaurotic idiocy — noun or amaurotic family idiocy : a recessive genetic defect manifested by mental deficiency associated with impaired vision or blindness * * * amaurotic idiocy, a fatal disease of children caused by degeneration of the cells of the central… … Useful english dictionary
SPIEGEL-ADOLF, MONA — (Anna Simona; 1893–1983), colloid chemist. Spiegel Adolf studied medicine in her native Vienna and worked there on medical colloid chemistry until 1931, when she became professor of colloid chemistry at the medical school of Temple University,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TAY-SACHS DISEASE — (Amaurotic Familial Idiocy). Amaurotic Familial Idiocy, known as the Tay Sachs Disease after W. Tay, an English ophthalmologist who discovered it in 1881, and B. Sachs, a U.S. neurologist who followed in 1887, is a hereditary disease,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E75.4 ICD 9 330.1 … Wikipedia
