GAUCHER'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gaucher's disease mean? 

• GAUCHER'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun GAUCHER'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a rare chronic disorder of lipid metabolism of genetic origin

  Familiarity information: GAUCHER'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUCHER'S DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare chronic disorder of lipid metabolism of genetic origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Gaucher's disease" is a kind of...):

monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

lipidosis (a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body)

 Context examples 

Gaucher's disease is a rare, inherited disorder in which you do not have enough of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase.

(Gaucher's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Some of the newly identified genetic risk factors are thought to be involved with Gaucher's disease, regulating inflammation and the nerve cell chemical messenger dopamine as well as alpha-synuclein, a protein that has been shown to accumulate in the brains of some cases of Parkinson’s disease.

(NIH scientists find six new genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s, NIH)

Gaucher's disease has no cure.

(Gaucher's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)