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

Czech Term

English Translation

artritida Arthritis

běhavka

Diarrhea

blednička Chlorosis, Greensickness
břišní tyfus Typhoid
bronchitida Bronchitis
cholera Cholera

choroba

Disease

chřipka Influenza, Flu

cukrovka

Diabetes

epilepsie Epilepsy
gangréna Gangrene

hernie

Hernia

horečka

Fever

infekční onemocnění kůže Erysipelas

kašel

Cough

katar Catarrh
kolika Colic, Gripes, Ileus

křeče

Cramps, Convulsions

krtice Scrofula, The King's Evil

krvácení

Bleeding, Hemorrhage

kýla

Hernia, rupture

malarická zimnice Ague
malárie Malaria

mrtvě

Stillborn

mrtvice Apoplexy, Stroke, Paralysis, Palsy, Heart attack

nádor

Tumor

nemoc

Disease

neštovice

Smallpox, pock, pox

ochrnutí Paralysis, Palsy
padoucnice Epilepsy
pakostnice Gout
paralýza Paralysis, Palsy
pneumonie Pneumonia

porod

Childbirth, Labor

příjice Syphilis

psotnik

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]

průjem

Diarrhea

rakovina

Cancer

revmatismus Rheumatism
skorbut Scurvy
skvrnitý tyfus Typhus

slabost

Weakness, Sickness

slabý

Weak

smrt

Death

spála

Scarlet fever, Scarlatina

spalničky

Measles, Rubella

staroba

Old age

strnutí šíje Tetanus
syfilis Syphilis, Lues
tetanus Tetanus

tuberkulóza

Tuberculosis

tyfový Typhoid

tyfus břišní

Typhoid fever

umřel

Died

uplavice

Dysentery, Red pestilence

vodnatelnost Dropsy
záducha Asthma
zánět jater Hepatitis
zánět příušnic Mumps

zápal

Pneumonia

zápal plic Pneumonia
zarděnky Rubella, German measles

záškrt

Diphtheria, Croup

zemřel

Died

zloutenka

Jaundice, Icterus, Yellows

 

 

 

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