Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tay-sachs disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: tay-sach-s dis-ease
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare genetic disorder in which harmful quantities of gangliosides accumulate in the brain's nerve cells.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after British ophthalmologist Waren Tay and American neurologist Bernard Sachs.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Tay–Sachs disease (canonical)

Synonyms

tay-sachs sachs disease infantile amaurotic idiocy

Questions

What does tay-sachs disease mean?: A rare genetic disorder in which harmful quantities of gangliosides accumulate in the brain's nerve cells.
Where does tay-sachs disease come from?: Named after British ophthalmologist Waren Tay and American neurologist Bernard Sachs.

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