List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 606

MUMPS (Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System later: ‘Multi-User Multi-Programming System’) or alternatively M is a general-purpose computer programming language that provides ACID (Atomic Consistent Isolated and Durable) transaction processing.

A mental disorder also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder is a mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in […]

Myasthenia gravis (from Greek μύς muscle ἀσθένεια weakness and Latin: gravis serious; abbreviated MG) is an autoimmune neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatigue. Muscle weakness is caused […]

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hamper locomotion. Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness defects in muscle proteins […]

Lymphedema (lymphoedema in British English) also known as lymphatic obstruction is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling caused by a compromised lymphatic system. The lymphatic system returns […]

Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS also Lambert–Eaton syndrome or Eaton–Lambert syndrome) is a rare autoimmune disorder that is characterized by muscle weakness of the limbs. It is the result of an […]

Leukemia /luːkiːmiːɑː/ (American English) or leukaemia (British English) is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called […]

Lung cancer (also known as carcinoma of the lung) is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated this growth can […]

Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa in Borno […]

Lafora disease also called Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy or MELF is a fatal autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by the presence of inclusion bodies known as Lafora bodies within the […]