/ Thesaurus / I Synonyms of infantile amaurotic idiocy Find synonyms for: Noun1. Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy, lipidosis, autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defect, monogenic disorder, monogenic diseaseusage: a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhoodWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: penury Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language