infantile amaurotic idiocy(n = noun.state) sachs disease, tay-sachs, tay-sachs disease - a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood;
is a kind of monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease, lipidosis

amaurotic, idiocy, infantile, infantile autism, infantile fixation, infantile paralysis, juvenile amaurotic idiocy