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Encyclopedia > List of diseases starting with S

A list of diseases in the English wikipedia. A disease or medical condition is an abnormality of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, distress, or death to the person afflicted or those in contact with the person. ...


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Sa - Sc - Se - Sh - Si - Sj-Sn - So - Sp - Sq-Ss - St - Su - Sw - Sy

Sa

Saa-Sak - Sal-Sar - Sat-Say

Saa-Sal

  • Saal Bulas syndrome
  • Saal Greenstein syndrome
  • Sabinas brittle hair syndrome
  • Saccharopinuria
  • Sackey Sakati Aur syndrome
  • Sacral agenesis
  • Sacral defect anterior sacral meningocele
  • Sacral hemangiomas multiple congenital abnormalities
  • Sacral meningocele conotruncal heart defects
  • Sacral plexopathy
  • Sacrococcygeal dysgenesis association
  • Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
  • Saito Kuba Tsuruta syndrome
  • Sakati syndrome
  • Salcedo syndrome
  • Salivary disorder
  • Salivary gland disorders
  • Salla disease
  • Sallis Beighton syndrome
  • Salmonellosis (Salmonella infections)
  • Salti Salem syndrome

Sabinas brittle hair syndrome, also called brittle hair-mental deficit syndrome is a hereditary disease. ... Saccharopinuria (an excess of saccharopine in the urine) is a variant form of hyperlysinemia caused by a partial enzyme deficiency. ... Sacral agenesis (or hypoplasia of the sacrum) is a little known and rather infrequent congenital condition of spinal deformity affecting the sacrum - the caudal partition of the spine. ... Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, also known as acrocephalosyndactyly type 3 (ACS III) and Chotzen syndrome is a very rare congenital syndrome characterised by craniosynostosis (premature closure of one or more of the sutures between the bones of the skull). ... Sakati syndrome (also known as Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale Syndrome[1] is a rare genetic disorder that has been associated with abnormalities in the bones of the legs, congenital heart defects and craniofacial defects. ... Salla disease (or Finnish type sialuria) is a syndrome leading to early physical impairment and mental retardation. ... Salmonellosis is an infection with Salmonella bacteria. ...

Sam-Say

Sandhoff disease is a rare inherited disorder that causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ... Sanfillipo syndrome is a lysosomal storage disorder resulting from a deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme heparan-N-sulfatase. ... INCL, also known as Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses or Santavuori Disease is a form of NCL and inherited as a recessive autosomal genetic trait. ... SAPHO syndrome is thought to comprise a spectrum of disorders that share some clinical, radiologic and pathologic characteristics. ... Sarcoidosis (also called sarcoid or Besnier-Boeck disease) is an immune system disorder characterised by non-necrotising granulomas (small inflammatory nodules). ... Sarcosinemia is characterized by an increased concentration of sarcosine in blood plasma and urine. ... Satoyoshi syndrome, also known as Komuragueri syndrome, is a rare progressive disorder of presumed autoimmune etiology, characterized by painful muscle spasms, alopecia, diarrhea, endocrinopathy with amenorrhoea and secondary skeletal abnormalities. ... Say Meyer syndrome is a familial syndrome of trigonocephaly, short stature, and motor and mental retardation. ...

Sc

Sca - Sch - Sci-Scl - Sco-Scr

Sca

Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (or SCAD) is a fatty acid metabolism disorder. ... SCARF syndrome is a rare syndrome characterized by skeletal abnormalities, cutis laxa, craniostenosis, ambiguous genitalia, retardation, and facial abnormalities. ...

Sch

Scha-Schn - Scho-Schw

Scha-Schm

  • Schaap Taylor Baraitser syndrome
  • Schaefer Stein Oshman syndrome
  • Schamberg's disease pigmentation disorder
  • Schamberg's disease
  • Scheie syndrome
  • Schereshevskij Turner
  • Scheurermann's disease
  • Schimke syndrome
  • Schindler disease
  • Schinzel-Giedion syndrome
  • Schinzel syndrome
  • Schinzel-Giedion midface retraction syndrome
  • Schisis association
  • Schistosomiasis
  • Schizencephaly
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizophrenia mental retardation deafness retinitis
  • Schizophrenia, genetic types
  • Schlegelberger Grote syndrome
  • Schmidt syndrome
  • Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome

Bilharzia Schistosomiasis or bilharzia is a disease affecting many people in developing countries. ... Cephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to, or abnormal development of, the budding nervous system. ... Schizophrenia (from the Greek word σχιζοφρένεια, split mind) is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational dysfunction. ... Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome is an autosomal dominant syndrome consisting of radial hypoplasia, triphalangeal thumbs, hypospadias, and maxillary diastema. ...

Schn-Schw

  • Schneckenbecken dysplasia
  • Schofer Beetz Bohl syndrome
  • Scholte Begeer Van Essen syndrome
  • Schraderman's disease
  • Schrander Stumpel Theunissen Hulsmans syndrome
  • Schroer Hammer Mauldin syndrome
  • Schwannoma, malignant
  • Schwannomatosis
  • Schwartz Newark syndrome
  • Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
  • Schwartz-lelek syndrome
  • Schweitzer Kemink Malcolm syndrome

Neurofibromas are moderately firm, usually benign, unencapsulated, slow-growing heterogeneous tumors of the nervous system arising from the supporting cells (Schwann cells) of peripheral nerves. ... Schwannomatosis is one form of a genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis (NF) that has only recently been recognized. ...

Sci-Scr

Sciatica is a pain in the leg consequent to irritation of the sciatic nerve. ... Scimitar syndrome (or Partially Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, PAPVR) is a congenital heart defect characterized by anomalous venous return from the right lung. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... Scleroderma is a rare, chronic disease characterized by excessive deposits of collagen. ... Sclerotylosis (also called scleroatrophy) is an inherited disorder marked by atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails and palmoplantar keratoderma and associated with gastrointestinal cancer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats. ...

Scu

Scurvy (N.Lat. ...

Se

Sea-Sel - Sem-Set - Sev-Sez

Sea-Sei

  • Sea-blue histiocytosis
  • Seafood poisoning
  • Seaver Cassidy syndrome
  • Sebocystomatosis
  • Secernentea Infections
  • Seckel like syndrome Majoor Krakauer type
  • Seckel like syndrome type Buebel
  • Seckel syndrome 2
  • Seckel syndrome
  • Secondary pulmonary hypertension
  • Seemanova Lesny syndrome
  • Seemanova syndrome type 2
  • Seghers syndrome
  • Segmental neurofibromatosis
  • Segmental vertebral anomalies
  • Seizures benign familial neonatal recessive form
  • Seizures mental retardation hair dysplasia

The Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism, also often derogatorily called bird-headed dwarfism, is a congenital nanosomic disorder supposed to be caused by defects of genes on chromosome 3 and 18. ...

Sel-Seq

  • Selective mutism
  • Selenium poisoning
  • Selenophobia
  • Selig Benacerraf Greene syndrome
  • Seminoma
  • Semmerkrot Haraldsson Weenaes syndrome
  • Sener syndrome
  • Sengers Hamel Otten syndrome
  • Senior syndrome
  • Senior-Loken Syndrome
  • Sennetsu Fever
  • Sensorineural hearing loss
  • Sensory neuropathy type 1
  • Sensory neuropathy
  • Sensory radicular neuropathy recessive form
  • Senter syndrome
  • Seow Najjar syndrome
  • Seplophobia
  • Sepsis
  • Septooptic dysplasia digital anomalies
  • Septo-optic dysplasia
  • Sequeiros Sack syndrome

Selective mutism is a social anxiety condition, in which a person who is quite capable of speech is unable to speak in given situations. ... Selenium poisoning was the apparent cause of severe deformations in bird embryos in the Kesterson wildlife refuge. ... Testicular cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. ... Sensorineural hearing loss is a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the vestibulocochlear nerve (Cranial nerve VIII), the inner ear, or central processing centers of the brain. ... Neuropathy, strictly speaking, is any disease that affects the nervous system. ... Sepsis (in Greek Σήψις, putrefaction) is a serious medical condition, resulting from the immune response to a severe infection. ... Septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) is a congenital malformation syndrome manifested by hypoplasia (underdevelopment) of the optic nerve, hypopituitarism, and absence of the septum pellucidum (a midline part of the brain). ...

Ser-Sez

Serum sickness is a reaction to an antiserum derived from an animal source. ... Digoxin (INN) (IPA: ) is a purified cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, Digitalis lanata. ... Severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS is a respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus. ... Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, or SCID, is a genetic disorder in which both arms (B cells and T cells) of the adaptive immune system are crippled, due to a defect in one of several possible genes. ... Sézarys disease (or Sézary syndrome) is a type of cutaneous lymphoma characterized by Albert Sézary. ... Sézarys disease (or Sézary syndrome) is a type of cutaneous lymphoma characterized by Albert Sézary. ...

Sh

Sha-Shi - Sho - Shp-Shy

Sha-Shi

Sheehan syndrome, also known as Simmonds disease, postpartum hypopituitarism or postpartum pituitary necrosis is hypopituitarism (decreased functioning of the pituitary gland), caused by necrosis due to blood loss and hypovolemic shock during and after childbirth. ... Herpes zoster, colloquially known as shingles, is the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, leading to a crop of painful blisters over the area of a dermatome. ...

Sho

Shok - Shor - Shou

Shock is a serious medical condition where the tissue perfusion is insufficient to meet the required supply of oxygen and nutrients. ...

Shok

  • Shokeir syndrome

Shor

Short b-Short r
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • Short broad great toe macrocranium
  • Short chain Acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Short limb dwarf lethal Colavita Kozlowski type
  • Short limb dwarf lethal Mcalister Crane type
  • Short limb dwarf oedema iris coloboma
  • Short limb dwarfism Al Gazali type
  • Short limbs abnormal face congenital heart disease
  • Short limbs subluxed knees cleft palate
  • Short QT syndrome
  • Short rib syndrome Beemer type
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Beermer type
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Majewski type
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Saldino-Noonan type
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Verma-Naumoff type
  • Short rib-polydactyly syndrome
  • Short ribs craniosynostosis polysyndactyly

Short bowel syndrome is a malabsorption disorder caused by either the surgical removal of the small intestine or the loss of its absorptive function due to diseases. ... Short QT syndrome is a genetic disease of the electrical system of the heart. ... Short rib-polydactyly syndrome is a family of four closely related dysplasias: I - Saldino-Noonan type II - Majewski type III - Verma-Naumoff type IV - Beemer-Langer type Category: ...

Short s
  • Short stature abnormal skin pigmentation mental retardation
  • Short stature Brussels type
  • Short stature contractures hypotonia
  • Short stature cranial hyperostosis hepatomegaly
  • Short stature deafness neutrophil dysfunction
  • Short stature dysmorphic face pelvic scapula dysplasia
  • Short stature heart defect craniofacial anomalies
  • Short stature hyperkaliemia acidosis
  • Short stature locking fingers
  • Short stature mental retardation eye anomalies
  • Short stature mental retardation eye defects
  • Short stature microcephaly heart defect
  • Short stature microcephaly seizures deafness
  • Short stature monodactylous ectrodactyly cleft palate
  • Short stature prognathism short femoral necks
  • Short stature Robin sequence cleft mandible hand anomalies clubfoot
  • Short stature talipes natal teeth
  • Short stature valvular heart disease
  • Short stature webbed neck heart disease
  • Short stature wormian bones dextrocardia
  • Short syndrome

Short t
  • Short tarsus absence of lower eyelashes

Shou

  • Shoulder and thorax deformity congenital heart disease
  • Shoulder girdle defect mental retardation familial

Shp-Shy

22 q11 microdeletion syndrome is a birth defect caused by a genetic abnormality that occurs in approximately one in 700 births. ... Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP or Moschcowitz disease) is a rare disorder of the blood coagulation system that in most cases arises from the deficiency or inhibition of the enzyme responsible for cleaving von Willebrand factor. ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, bone marrow dysfunction, skeletal abnormalities, and short stature. ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, bone marrow dysfunction, skeletal abnormalities, and short stature. ... Shwartzman phenomenon, also known as Shwartzman reaction, is a rare reaction of a body to particular types of toxins, called endotoxins, which cause thrombosis in the affected tissue. ... Shy-Drager syndrome (named after Dr. Milton Shy and Dr. Glenn Drager, who identified this syndrome in 1960) is a rare, progressively degenerative disease of the autonomic nervous system. ...

Si

Sia-Sim - Sin-Sit

Sia-Sim

Sialadenitis is inflammation of a salivary gland. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Sickle-cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S or Hb S). ... Sickle-cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S or Hb S). ... Sickle-cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S or Hb S). ... Siderosis is the deposition of iron in tissue. ... Silent sinus syndrome is a spontaneous, asymptomatic collapse of the maxillary sinus and orbital floor associated with negative sinus pressures. ... Silicosis (also known as Grinders disease) is a form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs. ... Silver-Russell dwarfism, also called Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) or Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) is a growth disorder occurring in approximately 1/75000 births. ... Chédiak-Higashi syndrome is a rare childhood autosomal recessive disorder that affects multiple systems of the body, which arises from a mutation in the lysosomal trafficking regulator gene, LYST. It is a disease with impaired bacteriolysis due to failure of phagolysosome formation. ... Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (SGBS), also called Bulldog syndrome or X-linked dysplasia-gigantism syndrome, is a rare congenital genetic syndrome with widely variable expression, causing craniofacial and other abnormalities. ...

Sin-Sit

The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (of Greek origin) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e. ... A heart block denotes a disease in the electrical system of the heart. ... MEN II-A Cancer causing endocrine disorder. ... Sirenomelia preparate Newborn Milagros Cerrón Sirenomelia or Mermaid Syndrome is a very rare disorder in which the legs are fused together, giving the appearance of a mermaid. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sitosterolemia (also known as phytosterolemia) is a rare autosomal recessively inherited lipid metabolic disorder. ... Situs inversus (also called situs transversus) is a rare congenital condition in which the major visceral organs are reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. ...

Sj-Sn

  • Sjogren Larsson like syndrome
  • Sjogren Larsson syndrome
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Skeletal dysplasia brachydactyly
  • Skeletal dysplasia epilepsy short stature
  • Skeletal dysplasia orofacial anomalies
  • Skeletal dysplasia San diego type
  • Skeletal dysplasias
  • Skeleto cardiac syndrome with thrombocytopenia
  • Sketetal dysplasia coarse facies mental retardation
  • Skin peeling syndrome
  • Slavotinek Hurst syndrome
  • Sly syndrome
  • Small cell lung cancer
  • Small non-cleaved cell lymphoma
  • Smallpox
  • Smet Fabry Fryns syndrome
  • Smith Fineman Myers syndrome
  • Smith Martin Dodd syndrome
  • Smith-Magenis Syndrome
  • Sneddon Syndrome

Sjögrens syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the glands that produce tears and saliva. ... Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII or Sly syndrome (named after its discoverer William Sly in 1969) is also sometimes called MPS. The defective gene lies on chromosome 7. ... Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) was a highly contagious viral disease unique to humans. ... Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) is a chromosomal disorder characterized by a recognizable pattern of physical, behavioral, and developmental features. ... Sneddon syndrome is a form of arteriopathy characterized by several symptoms, including: cerebrovascular disease livedoid vasculitis hypertension synd/1732 at Who Named It Schellong S, Weissenborn K, Niedermeyer J, Wollenhaupt J, Sosada M, Ehrenheim C, Lubach D (1997). ...

So

Social anxiety, sometimes known as social phobia or social anxiety disorder (SAD), is a common form of anxiety disorder that causes sufferers to experience intense anxiety in some or all of the social interactions and public events of everyday life. ... Malignant (cancerous) tumors that develop in soft tissue are called sarcomas, a term that comes from a Greek word meaning fleshy growth. ... Somatostatinoma is a tumor of the delta cells of the endocrine pancreas that produces somatostatin. ... The English suffix -phobia is technically used to describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder, and commonly misused to describe hatred of a particular thing or subject. ... Sotos syndrome (also known as cerebral gigantism) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by excessive physical growth during the first 2 to 3 years of life. ...

Sp

Spa - Spe-Sph - Spi - Spl - Spo - Spr

Spa

Spar - Spas

Spar

  • Sparse hair ptosis mental retardation

Spas

Spasm

Spasmodic dysphonia (or laryngeal dystonia) is a voice disorder characterized by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx (vocal folds or voice box) during speech. ... Torticollis, or wry neck, is a condition in which the head is tilted toward one side, and the chin is elevated and turned toward the opposite side. ...

Spast

Spasti

Spastic a-Spastic d

  • Spastic angina with healthy coronary artery
  • Spastic ataxia Charlevoix-Saguenay type
  • Spastic diplegia infantile type
  • Spastic dysphonia

Spastic p

  • Spastic paraparesis deafness
  • Spastic paraparesis, infantile
  • Spastic paraparesis
  • Spastic paraplegia epilepsy mental retardation
  • Spastic paraplegia facial cutaneous lesions
  • Spastic paraplegia familial autosomal recessive form
  • Spastic paraplegia glaucoma precocious puberty
  • Spastic paraplegia mental retardation corpus callosum
  • Spastic paraplegia nephritis deafness
  • Spastic paraplegia neuropathy poikiloderma
  • Spastic paraplegia type 1, X-linked
  • Spastic paraplegia type 2, X-linked
  • Spastic paraplegia type 3, dominant
  • Spastic paraplegia type 4, dominant
  • Spastic paraplegia type 5A, recessive
  • Spastic paraplegia type 5B, recessive
  • Spastic paraplegia type 6, dominant
  • Spastic paraplegia, familial
  • Spastic paresis glaucoma mental retardation
  • Spastic quadriplegia retinitis pigmentosa mental retardation
  • Spasticity mental retardation
  • Spasticity multiple exostoses
  • Spatic paraparesis vitiligo premature graying

Spe-Sph

Spermatogenesis arrest is a complex process of interruption in the differentiation of germinal cells of specific cellular type, which elicits an altered spermatozoa formation. ... Spherocytosis is an auto-hemolytic anemia (a disease of the blood) characterized by the production of red blood cells that are sphere-shaped, rather than donut-shaped. ... General chemical structure of sphingolipids. ...

Spi

Spie - Spin - Spir

Spie

  • Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

Batten disease is a rare, fatal, inherited disease of the nervous system (neurodegenerative disorder) that begins in childhood. ...

Spin

Spina-Spine - Spino

Spina-Spine

Segmental Spinal Cord Level and Function Level Function Cl-C6 Neck flexors Cl-T1 Neck extensors C3, C4, C5 Supply diaphragm (mostly C4) C5, C6 Shoulder movement, raise arm (deltoid); flexion of elbow (biceps); C6 externally rotates the arm (supinates) C6, C7, C8 Extends elbow and wrist (triceps and wrist... Spinal tumors are neoplasms located in the spinal cord. ... Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a term applied to a number of different disorders, all having in common a genetic cause and the manifestation of weakness due to loss of the motor neurons of the spinal cord and brainstem. ... Spinal shock is an initial period of “hypotonia” that can result from damage to the motor cortex or other brain regions concerned with the activation of motor neurons. ... Spinal stenosis is a medical condition where the spinal canal narrows and pinches the spinal cord and nerves, usually due to disc herniation or a tumour. ...

Spino
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia (multiple types)
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia amyotrophy deafness
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia dysmorphism
  • Spinocerebellar atrophy type 3
  • Spinocerebellar degeneration corneal dystrophy
  • Spinocerebellar degenerescence book type

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a genetic disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right. ...

Spir

Families Spirochaetaceae Brachyspiraceae    Brachyspira    Serpulina Leptospiraceae    Leptospira    Leptonema The spirochaetes (or spirochetes) are a phylum of distinctive bacteria, which have long, helically coiled cells. ...

Spl

  • Spleen neoplasm
  • Splenic agenesis syndrome
  • Splenic-flexure syndrome
  • Splenogonadal fusion limb defects micrognatia
  • Splenomegaly
  • Split hand deformity mandibulofacial dysostosis
  • Split hand split foot malformation autosomal reces
  • Split hand split foot mandibular hypoplasia
  • Split hand split foot nystagmus
  • Split hand split foot X linked
  • Split hand urinary anomalies spina bifida
  • Split-hand deformity

In medicine, splenic-flexure syndrome is a chronic disorder that seems to be caused by trapped gas at bends (flexures) in the colon. ... Splenomegaly is an enlargement of the spleen, which usually lies in the left upper quadrant (LUQ) of the human abdomen. ...

Spo

Spon

Spona
  • Sponastrime dysplasia

Spond

Spondy

Spondyla-Spondyli

Spondylo Spondyloarthropathies is a group of related inflammatory joint disease associated with the MHC class I molecule HLA-B27. ... Spondyloarthropathies is a group of related inflammatory joint disease associated with the MHC class I molecule HLA-B27. ... Spondyloarthropathies is a group of related inflammatory joint disease associated with the MHC class I molecule HLA-B27. ... Spondylitis is an inflammation of a vertebra. ...

  • Spondylo camptodactyly syndrome
  • Spondylo costal dysostosis dandy walker
  • Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis
  • Spondylocostal dysplasia dominant
  • Spondylodysplasia brachyolmia
  • Spondyloenchondrodysplasia
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia congenita, Iraqi
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia congenita, Strudw
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia joint laxity
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia nephrotic syndrome
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda progressive art
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenital type
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
  • Spondylohypoplasia arthrogryposis popliteal pteryg
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, 'corner fracture' t
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Schmidt type
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Sedaghatian type
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, X-linked
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
  • Spondyloperipheral dysplasia short ulna

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita is a rare disorder of bone growth that results in dwarfism, characteristic skeletal abnormalities, and problems with vision and hearing. ... Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita is an rare inherited disorder of bone growth that results in dwarfism, characteristic skeletal abnormalities, and problems with vision and hearing. ... Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Strudwick type is an inherited disorder of bone growth that results in dwarfism, characteristic skeletal abnormalities, and problems with vision. ...

Spong-Spont
  • Spongiform encephalopathy
  • Spongy degeneration of central nervous system
  • Spontaneous periodic hypothermia
  • Spontaneous pneumothorax familial type

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain and nervous system of humans and animals and are transmitted by prions. ...

Spor-Spot

Sporotrichosis is a disease caused by the infection of the fungus Sporothrix schenckii (S. schenckii). ... Spotted fever can refer to: Mediterranean spotted fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

Spr

Sprengels deformity is a relatively rare and congenital skeletal abnormality where a person has one shoulder blade that sits higher on the back than the other. ...

Sq-Ss

  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • SSADH (succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency)
  • SSPE (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis)

Biopsy of a highly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth. ...

St

Sta-Ste - Sti-Sto - Str-Stu

Ergotism is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, classically due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs. ...

Sta-Ste

  • Stalker chitayat syndrome
  • Stampe sorensen syndrome
  • Stargardt's disease
  • Steatocystoma multiplex natal teeth
  • Steatocystoma multiplex
  • Steele Richardson Olszewski syndrome, atypical
  • Steinfeld syndrome
  • Stein-Leventhal syndrome
  • Stenophobia
  • Sterility due to immotile flagella
  • Stern lubinsky durrie syndrome
  • Sternal cleft
  • Sternal cyst vascular anomalies
  • Sternal malformation vascular dysplasia associatio
  • Steroid dehydrogenase deficiency dental anomalies
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Stargardts disease is an autosomal recessive genetic form of juvenile macular degeneration that causes progressive vision loss. ... Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS, also known clinically as Stein-Leventhal syndrome), is an endocrine disorder that affects 5–10% of women. ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a severe and potentially life-threatening (15% of cases) disease, it is a hypersensitivity complex affecting the skin and the mucous membranes, a severe expression of erythema multiforme (EM) (and so SJS is also called erythema multiforme major). ...

Sti-Sto

Stickler syndrome (or David-Stickler syndrome or Stickler-Wagner syndrome) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders affecting collagen. ... Stickler syndrome (or David-Stickler syndrome or Stickler-Wagner syndrome) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders affecting collagen. ... Stickler syndrome (or David-Stickler syndrome or Stickler-Wagner syndrome) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders affecting collagen. ... Stickler syndrome (or David-Stickler syndrome or Stickler-Wagner syndrome) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders affecting collagen. ... Stiff person syndrome (SPS) (or occasionally, stiff-man syndrome) is a rare neurologic disorder of unknown etiology. ... Stills disease is a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), characterized by high spiking fevers and transient rashes, named after the English physician Sir George F. Still (1861-1941). ... Stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs, particularly the esophagus, small intestine. ... Stomatitis is an inflammation of the mucous lining of any of the structures in the mouth, which may involve the cheeks, gums, tongue, lips, and roof or floor of the mouth. ...

Str-Stu

  • Strabismus
  • Stratton garcia young syndrome
  • Stratton parker syndrome
  • Streeter's (Amniotic Bands)
  • Streptococcus, Group B
  • Strep throat
  • Striatonigral degeneration infantile
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Strudwick Syndrome
  • Strumpell-lorrain disease
  • Stuart factor deficiency, congenital
  • Stuccokeratosis
  • Sturge-Weber syndrome
  • Stuve Wiedemann dysplasia

For the protein Strabismus, see Strabismus (protein) Strabismus, also known as heterotropia, squint, crossed eye, cockeyed, wandering eye, or wall eyed, is a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. ... Group B Streptococcus (GBS), also known as Streptococcus agalactiae, is a type of bacteria that can cause serious illness and sometimes death, especially in newborn infants and the elderly. ... Strep throat (or Streptococcal pharyngitis, or Streptococcal Sore Throat) is a form of Group A streptococcal infection that affects the pharynx. ... Strongiloides stercoralis. ... See HSP at http://en. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Su

Sub-Sum - Sup-Sut

Sub-Sum

  • Subacute cerebellar degeneration
  • Subacute sclerosing leucoencephalitis
  • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  • Subaortic stenosis short stature syndrome
  • Subcortical laminar heterotopia
  • Subependymal nodular heterotopia
  • Subpulmonary stenosis
  • Subvalvular aortic stenosis
  • Succinate coenzyme Q reductase deficiency of
  • Succinic acidemia lactic acidosis congenital
  • Succinic acidemia
  • Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Succinyl-CoA acetoacetate transferase deficiency
  • Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency
  • Sudden infant death syndrome
  • Sugarman syndrome
  • Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type
  • Sulfite and xanthine oxydase deficiency
  • Sulfite oxidase deficiency
  • Summitt syndrome

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare chronic, progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused by the measles virus. ... Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency, also known as 4-hydoxybutyric aciduria or gamma-hydoxybutyric aciduria, is a rare disorder of GABA metabolism caused by a lack of the enzyme succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase . ... Sucrose intolerance, also called Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID) or Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency , is the condition in which sucrase, an enzyme needed for proper metabolization of sucrose, is not produced in the small intestine. ... Sugarman syndrome is the common name of Oral-facial-digital syndrome type III External links Further description of Oral-facial-digital syndrome ...

Sup-Sut

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) (or the Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome, after the Canadian physicians who described it in 1963 ) is a rare degenerative disorder involving the gradual deterioration and death of selected areas of the brain. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ...  RasputinAXP  talk * contribs 17:38, 23 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Sw

Fabrys disease (also known as Anderson-Fabry disease, Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum, and Ceramide trihexosidosis) is a rare, X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disease. ... Sweets syndrome, or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a condition characterized by the sudden onset of fever, leukocytosis, and tender, erythematous, well-demarcated papules and plaques which show dense neutrophilic infiltrates on histologic examination. ... Otitis externa (also called swimmers ear or ear ache) is an inflammation, irritation, or infection of the outer ear and ear canal. ... Swyer syndrome, or XY gonadal dysgenesis, is a type of female hypogonadism in which no functional gonads are present to induce puberty in an otherwise normal girl whose karyotype is then found to be XY. Her gonads are found to be nonfunctional streaks. ...

Sy

Syb-Sym - Syn - Syp-Sys

Syb-Sym

  • Sybert Smith syndrome
  • Sydenham's chorea
  • Symmetrical thalamic calcifications
  • Symphalangism brachydactyly craniosynostosis
  • Symphalangism brachydactyly
  • Symphalangism Cushing type
  • Symphalangism distal
  • Symphalangism familial proximal
  • Symphalangism short stature accessory testis
  • Symphalangism with multiple anomalies of hands and feet
  • Symphalangism, distal, with microdontia, dental pulp stones, and narrowed zygomatic arch

Sydenhams chorea (or Rheumatic chorea) is a disease characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements affecting primarily the face, feet and hands. ...

Syn

Sync-Syng - Syno-Synp

Sync-Syng

  • Syncamptodactyly scoliosis
  • Syncopal paroxysmal tachycardia
  • Syncopal tachyarythmia
  • Syncope
  • Syndactyly between 4 and 5
  • Syndactyly cataract mental retardation
  • Syndactyly Cenani Lenz type
  • Syndactyly ectodermal dysplasia cleft lip palate hand foot
  • Syndactyly type 1 microcephaly mental retardation
  • Syndactyly type 2
  • Syndactyly type 3
  • Syndactyly type 5
  • Syndactyly
  • Syndactyly-polydactyly-ear lobe syndrome
  • Syndrome of inappropraite antidiuretic hormone
  • Syndrome X
  • Syngnathia cleft palate
  • Syngnathia multiple anomalies

The term Faint redirects here. ... In zoology, dactyly is the arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or sometimes wings of an animal. ... The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is a condition commonly found in the hospital population, especially in patients being hospitalized for central nervous system (CNS) injury. ... (Cardiac) syndrome X is angina(Chest Pain) with signs associated with decreased blood flow to heart tissue but with normal Coronary arteries. ...

Syno-Synp

Synovial osteochondromatosis (SOC) is a rare disease that creates a benign change or proliferation in the synovium or joint lining tissue which changes to form bone forming cartilage. ... // Introduction A synovial sarcoma is one of the rarer types of soft-tissue sarcomas. ... Synovitis is the medical term for inflammation of a synovial membrane, which line those joints which possess cavities. ...

Syp-Sys

 

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