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Niemann-Pick disease

American

[nee-muhn-pik di-zeez] / ˈni mənˈpɪk dɪˈziz /

noun

Pathology.

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 (1868–1944) in 1926

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