Niemann-Pick disease

[ nee-muhn-pikdi-zeez ]

/ ˈni mənˈpɪk dɪˈziz /

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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.

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Origin of Niemann-Pick disease

Described independently by German physicians Albert Niemann (1880–1921) in 1914 and Ludwig Pick (1868–1944) in 1926

Words nearby Niemann-Pick disease

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How to use Niemann-Pick disease in a sentence

Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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In such beer polls, I suspect a lot of voters would pick Huckabee.
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He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
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It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
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World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The darkness, or rather the general misapprehension, which prevails on this subject, is a frightful source of disease and misery.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley