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Latin Term
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English Translation
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Abscessus
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Abscess
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Accessio
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Seizure
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Aeger
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Sick
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Agonia
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Cramps
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Aneurysma
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Aneurysm
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Angina Laryngea
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Croup, The
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Apoplexia
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Apoplexy,
Stroke
Example from an 1864 Church Record
from Slovakia:
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Ataxia Motus
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Locomotor Ataxia
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Atrophia
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Atrophy
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Cancrum
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Canker
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Carbunculus
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Carbuncle
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Catarrhus
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Catarrh
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Cholerica
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Cholera
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Colica
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Colic
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Constipatio
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Constipation
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Consumptio
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Consumption
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Convulsio
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Convulsions
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Convulsionis
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Convulsions
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Crampus
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Cramps
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Debilitas
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Debility,
Illness, Weakness
Example from an 1864 Church Record
from Slovakia:
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Decessus
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Died, Death
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de morbo gallico |
Syphilis. |
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Denguis
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Dengue Fever
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Dysenteria
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Dysentery
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Ecclampsia
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Convulsions
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Empicus
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Lung disease
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Epilepsia
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Epilepsy
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Exhaustio
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Exhaustion
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ex visitatione dei |
Visitation of God. |
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Febris
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Fever
Example from an 1855 Death Record
from Australia:
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Febris Adenomeningea
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Adenomeningeal Fever
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Febris Africana
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African Fever
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Febris Angina
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Angina
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Febris Castrensis
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Camp Fever
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Febris Enterica
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Enteric Fever
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Febris Flava
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Yellow Fever
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Febris Intermittens
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Intermittent Fever
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Febris Militarius
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War Fever
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Febris Nervosa
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Nervous Fever
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Febris Petechialis
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Spotted Fever
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Febris Puerperalis
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Puerperal Fever
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Febris Quartana
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Quartana
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Febris Remittens
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Remittent Fever
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Febris Rubra
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Scarlet Fever
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Febris Scorbutica
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Scorbutic Fever
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Febris Verminosa
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Verminous Fever
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Felo de se
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In medical
jurisprudence, one who commits felony by attempting suicide.
[Appleton1904]
One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses
his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious
act; a suicide. --Burrill. [Webster1913]
Latin for
"felon of himself," is an archaic legal term meaning suicide. In
early English common law, an adult who committed suicide was
literally a felon, and the crime was punishable by forfeiture of
property to the king and what was considered a shameful burial
(typically with a stake through his heart and with a burial at a
crossroad). A child or mentally incompetent person, however, who
killed him- or herself was not considered a felo de se and was
not punished post-mortem for his or her actions. The term is not
commonly used in modern legal practice. [Wikipedia]
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Fluxus
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Dysentery
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Galbanus
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Jaundice
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Gangraena
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Gangrene
Example from an 1864 Church Record
from Slovakia:
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Glarea
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Gravel
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Haemorrhagia
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Hemorrhage
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Haemorrhois
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Hemorrhoids
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Hydropisis
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Dropsy
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Infectio
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Infection
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Infirmus
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Weak
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Inflammatio
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Inflammation
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In vivo (In
Vivus) |
Within a
living organism. [Stedman]
In vivo means "within a living
organism". In vivo is used to describe experimental techniques
that focus on biological processes as they occur within a living
organism, such as embryonic studies of the Drosophila (fruit
fly.) The Latin vivo is derived from vivus, meaning living. [ISCID] |
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Marasmus
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Weakness
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Morbus
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Latin word for disease. In the last century,
when applied to a particular disease, morbus was associated with
some qualifying adjective or noun, indicating the nature or seat
of such disease. Examples: morbus cordis, heart disease; morbus
caducus, epilepsy or falling sickness. [NGSQ1988]
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Morbus Addisonii
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Addison's Disease
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Morbus Brightii
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Bright's disease of the kidney. [Dunglison1968].
Nephritis.
Example from an 1849 Death
Certificate from England:
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Morbus Caducus
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Epilepsy
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Morbus Cœruleus |
Cyanosis. [Thomas1875].
Blue disease; discoloration of the skin in
malformations of the heart. [Cleaveland1886]. |
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Morbus Cordis
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Cardionosus.
Disease of the heart. Heart disease. [Dunglison1868]
Example from an 1873 Death
Certificate from Wales, England:
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Morbus Coxae
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Tubercular disease of the hip joint. [Appleton1904]
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Morbus Gallicus
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An old term for syphilis. [Appleton1904]
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Morbus Heraculeus |
Epilepsy. [Dunglison1868] |
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Morbus Hungaricus
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Epidemic Typhus
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Morbus Indicus |
Syphilis. [Thomas1875] |
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Morbus Infantilis |
("Infantile Disease"), a name for
epilepsy. [Thomas1875] |
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Morbus Magnus |
("Mighty Disease"), a name for epilepsy.
[Thomas1875] |
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Morbus Niger |
("Black Disease"), Melaena. [Thomas1875] |
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Morbus Pedicularis |
("Lousy Disease"), Phthiriasis.
[Thomas1875] |
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Morbus Regius
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Jaundice. In German (königskrankheit). Literally the royal disease;
so called because it was said to be cured by delicate remedies,
by exciting to cheerfulness, etc. [Appleton1904]
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Morbus Sacer |
("Sacred Disease"), A name given to
epilepsy, because epileptics were sometimes supposed to be
divinely inspired. [Thomas1875] |
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Morbus Strangulatorius |
The croup, diphtheria. |
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Mors
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Death
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Natus Mortuus
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Stillborn
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Neoplasma
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Neoplasm
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Non compos
mentis |
The term non compos mentis comes
from Latin, non meaning "not," compos meaning "in control," and
mentis, genitive singular of mens, mind, and means not having a
sound mind; not sane. [Wikipedia]
Not of sound mind and hence not
legally responsible; mentally incompetent. [Stedman] |
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Obitus
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Death, Died
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Per infortuna |
by misfortune or accident. |
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Peritus
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Deceased, Dead
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Pestis
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Plague
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Phthisis
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Consumption, Tuberculosis
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Plaga
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Plague
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Puerperium
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Childbirth
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Rheumatismus
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Rheumatism
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Scarlatina
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Scarlet fever
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Scorbutus
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Scurvy
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Senilis
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Weak with age
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Spasmus
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Cramps
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Tussis
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Cough
Example from an 1864 Church Record
from Slovakia:
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Tussis Convulsiva
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Pertussis
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Tussis Epidemicus
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Influenza or Catarrh
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Typhus
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Typhoid fever, Typhus
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Variola
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Smallpox
Example from an 1864 Church Record
from Slovakia:
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Vermis
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Worms
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Vitium
Cordis
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Heart disease.
Vitium:
Disease. [Dunglison1868]
Vitium: A
fault, a defect; an abnormality. [Appleton1904]
Example
from an 1881 German Death Certificate:
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Vulnus
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To wound
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Vulnus Incisum
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Latin for a wound caused by a cut.
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Vulnus Laceratum
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Latin for lacerated wound [Dunglison1855]
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Vulnus Punctum
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Latin for stab wound.
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Vulnus Scaplet
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Latin for knife wound.
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Vulnus Sclopeticum
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Latin for gunshot wound [CivilWarMed]
Example
from a Civil War Hospital Record:
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