idiocy : Idioms & Phrases


infantile amaurotic idiocy

  • noun 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
    Tay-Sachs; Sachs disease; Tay-Sachs disease.
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juvenile amaurotic idiocy

  • noun a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death
    Spielmeyer-Vogt disease.
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