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Czech/English Glossary
of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms
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Czech Term
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English Translation
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artritida |
Arthritis |
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Asthma |
Asthma.
Example from an 1885 Church Record
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běhavka
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Diarrhea
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blednička |
Chlorosis, Greensickness |
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břišní tyfus |
Typhoid |
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bronchitida |
Bronchitis |
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cholera |
Cholera |
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choroba
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Disease
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chřipka |
Influenza, Flu |
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cukrovka
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Diabetes
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epilepsie |
Epilepsy |
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gangréna |
Gangrene |
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hernie
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Hernia
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horečka
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Fever
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infekční onemocnění kůže |
Erysipelas |
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kašel
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Cough
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katar |
Catarrh |
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kolika |
Colic, Gripes, Ileus |
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Křeče
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Cramps, Convulsions.
Example from an 1881 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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krtice |
Scrofula, The King's Evil |
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krvácení
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Bleeding, Hemorrhage
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kýla
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Hernia, rupture
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malarická zimnice |
Ague |
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malárie |
Malaria |
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mrtvě
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Stillborn
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Mrtvice |
Apoplexy, Stroke, Paralysis, Palsy, Heart attack.
Example from an 1879 Church Record
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nádor
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Tumor
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nemoc
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Disease
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neštovice
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Smallpox, pock, pox
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ochrnutí |
Paralysis, Palsy |
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Ochrnutimozku
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Example from an 1878 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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Oodnatelnootz
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Example from an 1882 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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Osýpky
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Example from an 1873 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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Oteklina |
Example from an 1867 Church Record
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padoucnice |
Epilepsy |
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pakostnice |
Gout |
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paralýza |
Paralysis, Palsy |
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Pilemost
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Example from an 1876 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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Plicmneduh
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Example from an 1879 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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pneumonie |
Pneumonia |
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porod
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Childbirth, Labor
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Práchnivinajata
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Example from an 1878 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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příjice |
Syphilis |
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Psotnik
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Infantile convulsions (Czech);
considered plural. [Source:
Anglicko-Česky, Česky-Anglicko Slovník (English-Czech,
Czech-English Dictionary). Ivan Poldauf, Jan Caha, Alena
Kopecká, Jiří Krámsky, 10th rev. ed., WD Publications, 2001, p.
885].
Example from an 1878 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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průjem
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Diarrhea
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Ráduch
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Example from an 1868 Church Record
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rakovina
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Cancer
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revmatismus |
Rheumatism |
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Sešlostvčkem |
Example from an 1885 Church Record
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skorbut |
Scurvy |
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skvrnitý tyfus |
Typhus |
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Slabost
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Weakness, Debility,
Infirmity. [Webster's Online Dictionary].
Example from an 1878 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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slabý
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Weak
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smrt
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Death
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Souchotě |
Tuberculosis. [Webster's Online
Dictionary].
Example from an 1878 Church Record
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Souchotiny |
Consumption, Phthisis. [Webster's Online
Dictionary].
Example from an 1878 Church Record
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spála
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Scarlet fever, Scarlatina
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spalničky
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Measles, Rubella
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staroba
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Old age
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strnutí šíje |
Tetanus |
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syfilis |
Syphilis, Lues |
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tetanus |
Tetanus |
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Tuberkule |
Tubercle. [Webster's Online Dictionary].
Example from an 1883 Church Record
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tuberkulóza
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Tuberculosis.
[Webster's Online Dictionary].
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tyfový |
Typhoid |
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tyfus
břišní
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Typhoid fever
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Ubyte |
Example from an 1878 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic: |
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umřel
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Died
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uplavice
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Dysentery, Red pestilence
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Vodnatelnost |
Dropsy.
Example from an 1868 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic: |
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záducha |
Asthma |
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zánět jater |
Hepatitis |
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zánět příušnic |
Mumps |
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zápal
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Pneumonia
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Zápal plic |
Pneumonia.
Example from an 1878 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic: |
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Zapálení |
Inflammation. [Webster's Online
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zarděnky |
Rubella, German measles |
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Záškrt
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Diphtheria, Croup.
Example from an 1885 Church Record
from Domazelice, Czech Republic:
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zemřel
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Died
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zloutenka
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Jaundice, Icterus, Yellows
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