Archaic Medical Terms Scottish List

Scottish Slang/English Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms

Scottish Slang Term	English Translation
Abaideal	Colic
Arr	Cicatrix
Bellythra	Colic
Branks	The name in Scotland for the mumps. [Hooper1843] Cynanche Parotidea
Bruick	Furuncle
Buaicneach	Smallpox
Childill	Parturition
Crewels	Scrofula
Crying Out	Parturition
Dede	Death
Dismal	Melancholy
Drow	Syncope
Ethik	Hectic Fever
Etick	Hectic Fever
Glengore / Grandgore	Syphilis
Glupad	Dropsy, Dropsy in throat of cattle and sheep.
Griùrach	Measles
Gulschoch	Icterus
Gut	Gout
Hatrel	Abscess
Hasche	Pain. [Dunglison1968]
Hedeverk	Cephalalgia
Hoist	Tussis
Kibe	Chilblain
Kink-host	Pertussis
Lepyr	Lepra
Lipper	Lepra
Lòinidh	Rheumatism
Mirles	Rubeola
Ploic	Mumps
Pockarr	Pockmark
Poplesy	Apoplexy
Reif	Psora
Rig	Rachitis
Ripples	A popular term in Scotland for tabes dorsalis. [Thomas1875]
Sair	Ulcer
Scour	Diarrhea
Scrubie	Scurvey
Siatag	Rheumatism, Sciatica
Sibbens / Sivvens	A popular Scotch term for a disease resembling syphilis. [Thomas1875]. A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch. [CancerWEB]
Swalme	Tumor
Teasick	Phthisis
Water Brash	Pyrosis. An affection characterized by a spasmodic pain or hot sensation in the stomach with a rising of watery liquid into the mouth. [Hooper1822]
Weam-Ill	Colic
Wodnes	Mania
Woursum	Pus
Yecke	Psora
Youk	Popular Scotch term for scabies; also called, in some districts, yuck. [Thomas1875]
Yuck	Scabies

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