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Definition: Tay-Sachs |
Tay-SachsNoun1. A hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occuring most frequently in individuals of E European Jewish descent; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Tay-SachsSynonym: infantile amaurotic idiocy (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tay-Sachs |
| English words defined with "Tay-Sachs": Tay-Sachs disease. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Tay-Sachs": beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase ♦ Gangliosidoses GM2. (references) |
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Health | NINDS supports research to find ways to treat and prevent inherited disorders such as Tay-Sachs disease. (references) | |
Patients and carriers of Tay-Sachs disease can be identified by a simple blood test that measures hexosaminidase A activity. (references) | ||
NINDS investigators are currently conducting studies to deliver the corrective enzyme and the normal gene to the brain of patients with Tay-Sachs disease. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "Tay-Sachs": Tay-Sachs Disease. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "Tay-Sachs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Tay-Sachs'chorioidit (Tay-Sachs choroiditis), Tay-Sachs sygdom (Tay-Sachs disease). (various references) | |
Dutch | ziekte van Tay-Sachs (amaurotic familial idiocy, Tay-Sachs disease), choroiditis van Tay-Sachs (Tay-Sachs choroiditis). (various references) | |
French | choroïdite gouttelettes de Tay (Tay-Sachs choroiditis). (various references) | |
German | Tay-Sachs-Krankheit (Tay-Sachs disease), Chorioiditis Tay-Sachs (Tay-Sachs choroiditis). (various references) | |
Greek | νόσος Tay-Sachs (Tay-Sachs disease), χοριοειδίτιδα Tay-Sachs (Tay-Sachs choroiditis). (various references) | |
Italian | sindrome di Tay-Sachs (Tay-Sachs disease). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ay-sachstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | coroidite de Tay (Tay-Sachs choroiditis). (various references) | |
Spanish | enfermedad de Tay-Sachs (Tay-Sachs disease). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: sashay, satays, yachts. | |
-3 letters: assay, ayahs, casas, casts, chats, chays, cysts, hasty, satay, sayst, scats, shays, stash, stays, tachs, yacht. | |
-4 letters: aahs, achy, acta, acts, ashy, ayah, casa, cash, cast, cats, cays, chat, chay, cyst, hast, hats, hays, sacs, sash, says, scat, shat, shay, stay, tach, tass. | |
-5 letters: aah, aas, act, aha, ash, ass, ays, cat, cay, has, hat, hay, sac, sat, say, sha, shy, sty, tas, thy, yah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: haystacks. | |
+3 letters: bathyscaphs. | |
+4 letters: bathyscaphes. | |
+5 letters: astrophysical, cytochalasins, psychasthenia, psychoanalyst, thalassocracy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 79 2D 53 61 63 68 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01111001 00101101 01010011 01100001 01100011 01101000 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a y - S a c h s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0079 002D 0053 0061 0063 0068 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)546791155367697485 |
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