Niemann-Pick Disease Definition
nēmən-pĭk
noun
An inherited disorder of lipid metabolism that is characterized by the accumulation of lipids in the spleen and liver and sometimes in the lungs, bone marrow, and brain, and can cause death at a young age. It occurs commonly in infants of Ashkenazic Jewish descent.
American Heritage
Origin of Niemann-Pick Disease
After Albert Niemann (1880–1921), German pediatrician and Ludwig Pick (1868–1944), German pathologist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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