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Italian/English Glossary
of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms
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Italian Term
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English Translation
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angina pectoris |
Angina pectoris |
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annegato
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Drowned
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antrace |
Anthrax |
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antrace carbonchiosa |
Anthrax |
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antracosi |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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apoplessia |
Apoplexy, Apoplectic fit, Seizure, Stroke |
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artrite |
Arthritis, Gout |
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asma
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Asthma
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attacco
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Seizure
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bronchite |
Bronchitis |
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caduto
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Fallen
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cancrena |
Gangrene, Canker |
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cancro
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Cancer
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catarro |
Catarrh, Rheum |
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clorosi |
Chlorosis |
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colera
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Cholera
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colica |
Colic |
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convulsione
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Convulsion
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debolezza della vecchiaia
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Weakness of old age
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dengue |
Dengue, Dengue fever |
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dentizione
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Teething
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diarrea
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Diarrhea
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difterite
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Diphtheria
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dissenteria
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Dysentery
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è morto
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Died
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enfiagione
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Swelling
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epatite
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Hepatitis
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epilessia
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Epilepsy
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erisipela |
Erysipelas |
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ernia
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Hernia, rupture
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febbre
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Ague, Fever
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febbre gialla |
Yellow fever |
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febbre terzana |
Dengue, Dengue fever |
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febbre tifoidea |
Typhoid |
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fiacchezza
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Weakness
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gangrena |
Gangrene |
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fuoco di Sant'Antonio |
Saint Anthony's fire |
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gotta
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Gout
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idropisia
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Dropsy, Edema
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influenza |
Influenza, Flu, Grippe |
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itterizia
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Jaundice, Icterus
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la mortalega grande
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The great mortality;
the black death of the fourteenth century. [Thomas1875]
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letto di morte
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Deathbed
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lue |
Syphilis, epidemic, epidemic plague, lues |
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malaria |
Malaria, Marsh fever |
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malattia
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Disease
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morbillo
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Measles
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morbo di pott |
Pott's paraplegia, Tuberculous spondylitis |
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morì
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Died
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morì di vecchiaia
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Died of old age
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morì senza prole
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Died without issue
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natamorta
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Stillborn female child
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nato morto
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Stillborn
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natomorto
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Stillborn male child
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orecchioni |
Mumps |
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paralisi |
Paralysis, Palsy |
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parotite |
Mumps, Parotitis |
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pertosse |
Pertussis, Whooping cough |
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peste
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Plague
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poliomielite |
Poliomyelitis, Polio |
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polmonite
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Pneumonia
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rachitismo |
Rachitis, Rickets |
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reumatismo |
Rheumatism |
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rosolia |
Rubella, German measles |
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salasso
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Bleeding, Bloodletting
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scarlattina
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Scarlet fever
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scorbuto |
Scurvy, Scorbutus |
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sifilide |
Syphilis |
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tetano |
Tetanus |
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tifo |
Typhus, typhoid fever |
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tifoide
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Typhoid
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tisi
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Consumption, Tuberculosis
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tisi dei minatori |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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tisi nera |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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tosse
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Cough
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tosse canina
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Whooping cough in
Italy. [Nothnagel1902]
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tosse
ferina
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Whooping cough in
Italy. [Nothnagel1902]
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tossire
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Cough
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tumore
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Tumor
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ucciso
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Killed
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vaiolo
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Smallpox, variola
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varicella |
Chickenpox, Varicella |
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