NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Niemann-Pick disease mean? 

• NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE (noun)
  The noun NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait

  Familiarity information: NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Niemann-Pick disease" is a kind of...):

inborn error of metabolism (any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism)

autosomal recessive defect; autosomal recessive disease (a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome)

lipidosis (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include Gaucher disease, Tay-Sachs disease, and Niemann-Pick disease.

(Lipid Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)