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French/English Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms

French Term

English Translation

Danse de Saint Guy

The French name for chorea. [Thomas1875]

Danse de Saint Witt

St. Vitus' dance

Décapité

Decapitated

Décès

Death, Deaths

Défunt(e)

Deceased

Dengue Dengue, Dengue fever

Dentition

Teething

Depôt

Abscess

Descente

Hernia

Dèvoiement

Diarrhea

Diabète

Diabetes

Diarrhèe

Diarrhea

Diphthèrie

Diphtheria

Dysentèrie

Dysentery

Dyspepsie

Dyspepsia

Dyspnèe

Dyspnea

Échauffement

Constipation, gonorrhea. [Gordon1921]

Écoulement

Gonorrhea

Enflement

Swelling

Enflure

Swelling, tumor. [Gordon1921]

Entèrite

Enteritis

Entozoaires

Worms

Épilepsie

Epilepsy

Éruption anomale

German measles

Érysipèle

Erysipelas

Escarro-Nodulaire

Fièvre boutonneuse

Exacerbation

Convulsions

Faiblesse

Debility, Weakness

Feu persique

Shingles

Fièvre

Fever

Fièvre a rechutes

relapsing fever. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre bilieux

Bilious fever

Fièvre blanche

Chlorosis. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre boutonneuse

African tick typhus

Fièvre bulleuse

Phephigus. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre catarrhale

Typhoid fever. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre charbonneuse

Anthrax

Fièvre de lait

Anthrax

Fièvre de trois jours

Disease resembling dengue. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre des Camps

Camp fever

Fièvre des prisons

Typhus. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre des marais

Malarial fever

Fièvre ictèrique

Yellow fever

Fièvre intermittente

Intermittent fever

Fièvre jaune

Yellow fever

Fièvre jaune d'Amèrique

Yellow fever

Fièvre morbilleuse

Measles

Fièvre nerveuse

Nervous fever

Fièvre pètèchiale

Typhus. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre pneumonique

Pneumonia

Fièvre pourprèe

Scarlet fever

Fièvre puerpèrale

Puerperal fever

Fièvre quarte

Quartan fever. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre quintane

Quintan fever. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre recurrente

Relapsing fever

Fièvre rouge

Scarlet fever, german measles

Fièvre tierce

Tertian fever. [Gordon1921]

Fièvre typhoide

Typhoid fever. [Gordon1921]

Flux de Sang

Dysentery

Flux de ventre

Diarrhea. [Gordon1921]

Flux d'Urine

Diabetes

Follette

Influenza

Gale

Scabies

Galle

Tumor

Gangrène

Gangrene

Gastrite

Gastritis

Giraffe

Dengue fever

Gorre

Old name for Syphilis. [Gordon1921]

Goutte

Gout

Goutte caduque

Epilepsy

Goutte militaire

Gonorrhea. [Gordon1921]

Goutte rose

Acne rosacea. [Gordon1921]

Gravelle

Gravel

Grippe

Influenza

Hargne

Hernia

Haut mal

Epilepsy

Hèmaproctie

Hemorrhoids

Hèmorrhagie

Hemorrhage

Hèmorrhagie interstitielle

Apoplexy

Hèpatite

Hepatitis

Hernie

Hernia

Herpes guttaral

Diphtheria

Hydrocèphalie

Hydrocephalus

Hydropsie

Dropsy, Edema

Hydropsie d Poitrine

Hydrothorax

Ictère

Icterus, jaundice.

Infarctus

Infarction

Infection

Infection

Inflammation

Inflammation

Inflammation de la Parotide

Mumps

Inflammation des Intestins

Inflammation of the intestine

Inflammation des poumons

Pneumonia

Inflammation des Reins

Nephritis

Inflammation du foie

Inflammation of the liver

Inflammtion des bronches

Bronchitis

Jaunisse

Jaundice

Kirronose

Cirrhosis

Ladendo

Influenza

Laryngite pseudo-membraneuse

The croup

Lèpre

Leprosy

 

 

 

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