See Also: compos mentis(dictionary)
non compos mentis(dictionary)
compos mentis(medicine)
non compos mentis(medicine)
COMPOS MENTIS(law)
compos mentis(dictionary)
DUM NON FUIT COMPOS MENTIS, Eng(law)
NON COMPOS MENTIS, persons(law)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
compos(dictionary)

infantile GM2 gangliosidosis (medicine) and non compos mentis (medicine)


infantile GM2 gangliosidosis (medicine)


infantile GM2 gangliosidosis -->
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.


non compos mentis (medicine)


non compos mentis


Not of sound mind; mentally incapable of managing one's affairs.

Origin: L. Non, not, + compos, participating, competent, + mens, gen. Mentis, mind