lipid storage disease

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Definition of lipid storage disease in English English dictionary

Any of a group of relatively rare hereditary disorders of fat metabolism in which enzyme defects cause distinctive types of lipids to accumulate. They include Tay-Sachs disease, Gaucher disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and Fabry disease. Several are untreatable and cause death before age five; others occur in adulthood

Hyphenation

li·pid stor·age dis·ease

Turkish pronunciation

laypıd stôrıc dîziz

Pronunciation

/ˈlīpəd ˈstôrəʤ dəˈzēz/ /ˈlaɪpəd ˈstɔːrəʤ dɪˈziːz/