See Also: punishing(dictionary)
Sachs, M(medicine)
Tay-Sachs(dictionary)
Sachs' bacillus(medicine)
Sachs, Maurice(medicine)
Sachs, Hans(medicine)
Sachs, Bernard(medicine)
Tay-Sachs disease(medicine)
Tay-Sachs carrier(medicine)
Tay-Sachs disease(encyclopedia)

Tay-Sachs disease (health) and punishing (oh)


Tay-Sachs disease (health)


A genetic disorder carried by an estimated one in 30 Eastern European Jews; babies born with Tay-Sachs lack an essential enzyme and die in early childhood. A preconception test can determine whether potential parents are carriers of the disease.





punishing (oh)



difficult, tiring, or extreme
::He set himself a punishing schedule of conferences.
::a series of punishing defeats
::a punishing Exercise regime