niemann-pick disease

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

   Broaderinborn error of metabolismlipidosisautosomal recessive disease

Questions about niemann-pick disease

What does niemann-pick disease mean?

niemann-pick disease means "a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait".

Is niemann-pick disease a common word?

niemann-pick disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.