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Abgelebt

Decrepit. [Lang1932]

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Abmagerung

Emaciation, atrophy

 

Abnehmen

Amputate, weakening

 

Abszeß

Abscess

 

Abtreibung

Abortion, expulsion

 

Abzehrend

Wasting, consumptive. [Lang1932]

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Abzehrend Krankheit

Wasting disease.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Abzehrung

A wasting away, consumption, marasmus

Aderbruch

Ruptured blood vessel

 

Aderlaß

Bleeding, venesection

 

Ader Verkalkung

Venous calcification

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Addison’sche Krankheit

Addison’s disease

 

Adipositas

Adiposity

 

Aftenbildung

Tumor

 

Alkoholkrankheit

Alcoholic disease

 

Allantiasis

Botulism

 

Allergie

Allergy

 

Allgemein Schwäche

General or constitutional weakness.

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Allgemeine Körperschwäche

General Bodily Weakness, Debility

 

Alter

Old age, senility

Altersbrand

Senile gangrene

 

Altershalber

Decrepitude. Weakness of old age.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Altersmager

Senile emaciation.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Altersschwäche

Decrepitude. Weakness of old age.

Alzheimersche Krankheit

Alzheimer's disease

 

Amöbenruhr

Amebic dysentery

 

Analeinkontinenz

Anal incontinence

 

Anämie

Anemia; a deficiency of red blood cells.

 

Anasarka

Anasarca; an accumulation of serous fluid in various tissues and cavities of the body.

 

Anenzephalie

Anencephaly; congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord.

 

Anfall

Seizure, fit

Angeboren

Congenital

 

Angstschweiß

Cold sweat