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.
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Mental disorder
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Lafora disease
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 […]
Lassa fever
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 […]