Niemann-Pick disease

noun

a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait

• Hypernyms: ↑inborn error of metabolism, ↑lipidosis, ↑autosomal recessive disease, ↑autosomal recessive defect

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\\ˈnēˌmänˈpik-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized N&P

Etymology: after Albert Niemann died 1921 German surgeon and Ludwig Pick died 1944 German physician

: a familial disease of infants characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances, malnutrition, and enlargement of the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes, and marked by abnormalities of the blood-forming organs

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/nee"meuhn pik"/, Pathol.

a rare, hereditary lipid-storage disease, occurring primarily among Ashkenazic Jews, in which abnormal lipid metabolism results in enlargement of the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes, and in progressive mental and physical deterioration.

[described independently by German physicians Albert Niemann (1880-1921) in 1914 and Ludwig Pick (1868-1935?) in 1926]

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