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infantile GM2 gangliosidosis (medicine)


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Tay-Sachs disease
<disease> A genetic disorder found in east European Jewish Families which can result in early death bu affecting the brain and nerves by causing abnormal lipid metabolism. It is a lysosomal disease in which there is a deficiency of hexosaminidase A, an enzyme that degrades ganglioside GM2.

Symptoms appear at age 3-6 months and include blindness, deafness, seizures, paralysis, dementia, decreased muscle tone and growth retardation. There is no known treatment and most children usually die between 2 and 5 years of age.

Inheritance: autosomal recessive.


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bless verb2 trans. & intrans.ME.
[Anglo-Norman blechier, Old French blecier (mod. blesser) injure, wound; sense 2 perh. a different word.]
Inflict injury or damage (on); thrash. ME-E17.
Wave about, brandish; make a flourish round (with). L16-E17.