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Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms
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Portuguese Term
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English Translation
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abcesso
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Abscess
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afogamento
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Drowning
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angina de peito |
Angina pectoris, Angina, Breast pang |
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antracose |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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apoplexia |
Apoplexy, Apoplectic fit, Seizure, Stroke |
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artrite |
Arthritis |
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asma
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Asthma
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asma dos mineiros |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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bronquite |
Bronchitis |
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câncer
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Cancer
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catapora |
Chickenpox |
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catarro |
Catarrh, Rheum |
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caxumba |
Mumps, Parotitis |
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clorose |
Chlorosis |
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cólera |
Cholera |
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cólica |
Colic, Cramps, Mulligrubs |
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constipação
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Constipation
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consunção
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Consumption
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convulsão
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Convulsion
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coqueluche |
Pertussis, Whooping cough, Chin cough |
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dengue |
Dengue, Dengue fever |
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dentição
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Teething
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derrame
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Seizure, Stroke
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diarréia
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Diarrhea
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difteria |
Diphtheria, Croup, Hives |
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disenteria
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Dysentery
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doença
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Disease
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enfermidade
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Disease
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epidemia
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Epidemic, Plague
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epilepsia
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Epilepsy
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erisipela |
Erysipelas, Erythema, Wildfire |
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escarlatina
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Scarlet fever,
Scarlatina
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escorbuto |
Scurvy, Scorbutus |
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escrófula |
Scrofula |
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falecer
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To die
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falecimento
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Death
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febre
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Ague, Fever
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febre amarela |
Yellow fever, Camp-fever |
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febre tifóide
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Typhoid, jail-fever
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fraqueza
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Weakness
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gangrena |
Gangrene, Mortification, Canker |
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gota
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Gout, Arthritis
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gripe
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Influenza, Flu,
Grippe
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hemorragia
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Bleeding
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hepatite
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Hepatitis
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hernia
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Hernia, rupture
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hérnia
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Hernia, rupture
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hidropisia
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Dropsy, Hydropsy
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icterícia
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Jaundice, Icterus
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inchação
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Swelling
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influenza |
Influenza |
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malária |
Malaria, Ague, Estival-autumnal fever,
Imparity, Marsh-fire |
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maleita |
Ague, Malaria |
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molestia
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Disease
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morte
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Death
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natimorto
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Stillborn
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papeira |
Mumps, Goiter |
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paralisia |
Paralysis, Palsy |
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parotidite |
Mumps, Parotitis |
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parotidite epidémica |
Mumps |
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pertosse |
Pertussis |
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peste
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Plague
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pneumonia
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Pneumonia
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poliomielite |
Poliomyelitis, Polio |
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raquitismo |
Rachitis, Rickets |
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reumatismo |
Rheumatism |
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rubéola |
Rubella, German measles |
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sarampo |
Measles |
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sífilis |
Syphilis, Lues, Pox |
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tétano |
Tetanus, Lockjaw, Tetany |
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tifo |
Typhus |
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tifóide |
Typhoid |
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tosse convulsa |
Pertussis, Whooping cough |
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tuberculose
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Tuberculosis
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tumor
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Tumor
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varicela |
Chickenpox, Pox, Varicella |
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variola
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Smallpox, pox
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