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Medical Definition of Lysosomal diseases
1. Diseases (also called storage diseases) in which a deficiency of a particular lysosomal enzyme leads to accumulation of the undigested substrate for that enzyme within cells. Not immediately fatal, but within a few years lead to serious neurological and skeletal disorders and eventually to death. See: the following conditions: Hurler sundrome, Hunter syndrome, San Fillipo, Gaucher's disease, Niemann-Pick, Pompe's disease, Tay Sachs disease. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysosomal Diseases
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