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

French Term

English Translation

Mal

Evil, disease, pain. [Gordon1921]

Mal à tète

Migraine

Mal ansèrine

Pellagra

Mal caduc

Epilepsy. [Gordon1921]

Mal curial

Syphilis. [Gordon1921]

Mal de cerf

Tetanus

Mal de foie

Cachexia. [Gordon1921]

Mal de Gorge

Angina

Mal de Melada

Pellagra. [Gordon1921]

Mal de mort

Leprosy. [Gordon1921]

Mal de Pott Pott's paraplegia, Tuberculous spondylitis

Mal de Saint Hubert

Rabies

Mal de Siam

Yellow fever. [Gordon1921]

Mal des Allemends

Syphilis. [Gordon1921]

Mal des ardents

Epidemic grangrenous disease of the Middle Ages. [Gordon1921]

Mal des Barbades

Elephantiasis. [Gordon1921]

Mal des chrètiens

Syphilis. [Gordon1921]

Mal divin

Epilepsy. [Gordon1921]

Mal espagnol

Syphilis. [Gordon1921]

Mal Saint Antoine

St. Anthony's fire

Mal Saint-Main

Leprosy, scabies

Maladie

Disease

Maladie de Vènus

Syphilis

Maladie du Sommeil

African Trypanosomiasis

Malaria Malaria

Mèningite

Meningitis

Mèningite cèrèbro-spinale

Cerebro-spinal meningitis

Mort

Death

Miliaire

Miliary fever

Millot

Miliary fever

Mort

Dead, Death

Mort né

Stillborn

Morte en couches

Died in childbirth

Mort subite

Sudden death

Mort-nè

Stillborn

Muguet

Aphthae, thrush

Nèoplasme

Neoplasm

Nèphrite

Nephritis, Bright's disease, inflammation of the kidneys. [Gordon1921]

Nèvralgie

Neuralgia

Nèvrodynie

Neuralgia

Nèvrose du Coeur

Angina pectoris

Nouure

Rachitis, rickets.

Noyé

Drowned

Oreillous Parotitis, the Mumps. [Stewart1898]

Ourles

Mumps

Pâles-couleurs

Chlorosis

Paludisme Paludism, malarial intoxication. [Gordon1921]. Marsh fever. [webster].

Paralysie

Paralysis, Palsy

Passion iliaque

Ileus

Pellagre

Pellagra, Italian leprosy. [Gordon1921].

Percer des dents

Teething

Perte de sang

Hemorrhage

Peste

Bubonic plague

Petit mal A French term for the slighter form of epilepsy. [Thomas1875]
Petite vérole A French name for Smallpox. [Thomas1875]

Phrènèsie

Phrenitis, frenzy, delirium. [Gordon1921]

Phthisie

Phthisis, consumption.

Phthisie galopante

A form of phthisis characterized by its rapid course. [Gordon1921].

Phtisie des mineurs Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis
Phtisis melanotica Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis

Pièce

Hepatitis

Pièrres

Gravel

Pleurèsie

Pleurisy

Pneumoconiose anthracosique Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis
Pneumomelanose Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis
Pneumonie Pneumonia
Poliomyélite Poliomyelitis

 

 

 

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