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French Term
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English
Translation
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Mal
|
Evil, disease, pain.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal à Tète
|
Migraine
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Mal Ansèrine
|
Pellagra
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Mal Caduc
|
Epilepsy.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal Curial
|
Syphilis.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal de Cerf
|
Tetanus
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Mal de Foie
|
Cachexia.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal de Gorge
|
Angina
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Mal de Melada
|
Pellagra.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal de Mort
|
Leprosy. [Gordon1921]
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Mal de Pott |
Pott's paraplegia, Tuberculous spondylitis |
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Mal de Rate |
Anthrax. [A System of Practical Medicine,
Pepper, 1885]. |
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Mal de Saint Hubert
|
Rabies
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Mal de Siam
|
Yellow fever.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal des Allemends
|
Syphilis.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal des Ardents
|
Epidemic grangrenous
disease of the Middle Ages. [Gordon1921]
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Mal des Barbades
|
Elephantiasis.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal des Chrètiens
|
Syphilis.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal Divin
|
Epilepsy.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal Espagnol
|
Syphilis.
[Gordon1921]
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Mal Saint Antoine
|
St. Anthony's fire
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Mal Saint-Main
|
Leprosy, scabies
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Maladie
|
Disease
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Maladie de
Coeur
|
Heart Disease.
Example from a 1922
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
 |
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Maladie de Vènus
|
Syphilis
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Maladie du Sommeil
|
African Trypanosomiasis
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Malaria |
Malaria |
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Mèningite
|
Meningitis.
Example from a 1924
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
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Mèningite Cèrèbro-Spinale
|
Cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Example from a 1920
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
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Miliaire
|
Miliary fever
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Millot
|
Miliary fever
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Mort
|
Dead, Death
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Mort Accidentel |
Accidental death.
Example from a 1925 Death Certificate from
New Brunswick, Canada:
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Mort de Chien |
Cholera; the French called it mort de
chien. [A text-book of Medicine, 1901] |
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Mort né
|
Stillborn
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Morte en Couches
|
Died in childbirth
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Mort Subite
|
Sudden death.
Example from a 1928 Death Certificate from
New Brunswick, Canada:
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Mort-nè
|
Stillborn
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Muguet
|
Aphthae, thrush
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Naissance Prématuré
|
Premature
Birth.
Example from a 1922
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
|
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Nèoplasme
|
Neoplasm
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Nèphrite
|
Nephritis, Bright's
disease, inflammation of the kidneys. [Gordon1921].
Example from a 1926
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
|
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Nèvralgie
|
Neuralgia
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Nèvrodynie
|
Neuralgia
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Nèvrose du Coeur
|
Angina pectoris
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Nouure
|
Rachitis, rickets.
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Noyé
|
Drowned
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Oreillous |
Parotitis, the
Mumps. [Stewart1898] |
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Ourles
|
Mumps
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Pâles-Couleurs
|
Chlorosis
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Paludisme |
Paludism, malarial intoxication.
[Gordon1921]. Marsh fever. [webster]. |
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Paralysie
|
Paralysis, Palsy.
Example from a 1922
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
|
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pas de Médecin
|
No doctor.
Example from a 1923 Death Certificate from
New Brunswick, Canada:
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Passion Iliaque
|
Ileus
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Pellagre
|
Pellagra, Italian
leprosy. [Gordon1921].
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Percer des Dents
|
Teething
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Perte de Sang
|
Hemorrhage
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Peste
|
Bubonic plague
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Petit Mal |
A French term for the slighter form of
epilepsy. [Thomas1875] |
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Petite Vérole |
A French name for Smallpox. [Thomas1875] |
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Phrènèsie
|
Phrenitis, frenzy,
delirium. [Gordon1921]
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Phthisie
|
Phthisis,
consumption.
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Phthisie Galopante
|
A form of phthisis
characterized by its rapid course. [Gordon1921].
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Phtisie des Mineurs |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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Phtisis Melanotica |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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Pièce
|
Hepatitis
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Pièrres
|
Gravel
|
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Pleurèsie
|
Pleurisy.
Example from a 1929
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
|
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Pneumoconiose Anthracosique |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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Pneumomelanose |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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Pneumonie |
Pneumonia. Example from a 1923
Death Certificate from New Brunswick, Canada:
 |
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Poliomyélite |
Poliomyelitis |
