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

Portuguese Term

English Translation

abcesso

Abscess

afogamento

Drowning

angina de peito Angina pectoris, Angina, Breast pang
antracose Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis
apoplexia Apoplexy, Apoplectic fit, Seizure, Stroke
artrite Arthritis

asma

Asthma

asma dos mineiros Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis
bronquite Bronchitis

câncer

Cancer

catapora Chickenpox
catarro Catarrh, Rheum
caxumba Mumps, Parotitis
clorose Chlorosis
cólera Cholera
cólica Colic, Cramps, Mulligrubs

constipação

Constipation

consunção

Consumption

convulsão

Convulsion

coqueluche Pertussis, Whooping cough, Chin cough
dengue Dengue, Dengue fever

dentição

Teething

derrame

Seizure, Stroke

diarréia

Diarrhea

difteria Diphtheria, Croup, Hives

disenteria

Dysentery

doença

Disease

enfermidade

Disease

epidemia

Epidemic, Plague

epilepsia

Epilepsy

erisipela Erysipelas, Erythema, Wildfire

escarlatina

Scarlet fever, Scarlatina

escorbuto Scurvy, Scorbutus
escrófula Scrofula

falecer

To die

falecimento

Death

febre

Ague, Fever

febre amarela Yellow fever, Camp-fever

febre tifóide

Typhoid, jail-fever

fraqueza

Weakness

gangrena Gangrene, Mortification, Canker

gota

Gout, Arthritis

gripe

Influenza, Flu, Grippe

hemorragia

Bleeding

hepatite

Hepatitis

hernia

Hernia, rupture

hérnia

Hernia, rupture

hidropisia

Dropsy, Hydropsy

icterícia

Jaundice, Icterus

inchação

Swelling

influenza Influenza
malária Malaria, Ague, Estival-autumnal fever, Imparity, Marsh-fire
maleita Ague, Malaria

molestia

Disease

morte

Death

natimorto

Stillborn

papeira Mumps, Goiter
paralisia Paralysis, Palsy
parotidite Mumps, Parotitis
parotidite epidémica Mumps
pertosse Pertussis

peste

Plague

pneumonia

Pneumonia

poliomielite Poliomyelitis, Polio
raquitismo Rachitis, Rickets
reumatismo Rheumatism
rubéola Rubella, German measles
sarampo Measles
sífilis Syphilis, Lues, Pox
tétano Tetanus, Lockjaw, Tetany
tifo Typhus
tifóide Typhoid
tosse convulsa Pertussis, Whooping cough

tuberculose

Tuberculosis

tumor

Tumor

varicela Chickenpox, Pox, Varicella

variola

Smallpox, pox

 

 

 

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