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Spanish/English Glossary
of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms
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Spanish Term
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English Translation
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absceso
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Abscess
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ahogamiento
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Drowning
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angina de pecho |
Angina pectoris, Angina, Breast pang |
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antracosis |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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apoplejía |
Apoplexy, Apoplectic fit, Seizure, Stroke |
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artritis |
Arthritis |
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asma
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Asthma
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bronquitis |
Bronchitis, Bronchial catarrh |
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calentura
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Fever
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cáncer
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Cancer
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carencia de vitamina D |
Rachitis, Rickets, Vitamin-D-deficiency |
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catarro |
Catarrh, Cold, Rhinitis |
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clorosis |
Chlorosis |
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cólera |
Cholera |
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cólico |
Colic |
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constipación
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Constipation
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consumimiento
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Consumption
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convulsión
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Convulsion
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coqueluche |
Pertussis, Whooping cough |
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debilidad
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Weakness, Disability
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dengue |
Dengue, Dengue fever |
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dentición
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Teething
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derrame
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Stroke
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diarrea
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Diarrhea
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difteria |
Diphtheria |
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disenteria
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Dysentery
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el vomito |
The vomit; the black vomit attending
yellow fever. |
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el vomito negro |
The black vomit; the black vomit attending
yellow fever. |
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enfermedad
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Disease
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enfermedad de pott |
Pott's paraplegia, Tuberculous spondylitis |
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epidemia
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Epidemic
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epilepsia
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Epilepsy
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erisipela |
Erysipelas |
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escarlata
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Scarlet fever
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escarlatina |
Scarlet fever, Scarlatina |
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escorbuto |
Scurvy |
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escrófula |
Scrofula, The King's Evil |
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fallecer
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To die
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fiebre |
Ague, Fever |
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fiebre amarillo |
Yellow fever |
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fiebre tifoidea
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Typhoid fever
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flaqueza
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Weakness
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garitollo |
The croup, diphtheria. |
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gangrena |
Gangrene, Mortification |
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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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hepatitis |
Hepatitis |
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hernia |
Hernia, rupture |
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hidropesía |
Dropsy, Hydropsy |
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ictericia
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Jaundice, Icterus
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influenza |
Influenza, Grippe |
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mal de pott |
Pott's paraplegia, Tuberculous spondylitis |
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malaria |
Malaria |
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morir
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To die
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muerte
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Death
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nacido muerto
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Stillborn
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neumonía |
Pneumonia |
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paludismo |
Malaria, Marsh fever, Paludism |
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paperas |
Mumps |
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parálisis |
Paralysis |
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pertussis |
Pertussis, Whooping cough |
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peste
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Plague
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plaga
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Plague
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poliomielitis |
Poliomyelitis, Infantile paralysis |
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pulmonia
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Pneumonia
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raquitis |
Rachitis, Rickets |
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raquitismo |
Rachitis, Rickets |
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reuma |
Rheumatism, Rheum |
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reumatismo |
Rheumatism |
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rubéola |
Rubella, German measles |
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sangradura
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Bleeding
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sarampión
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Measles
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sífilis |
Syphilis, Pox |
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tétanos |
Tetanus, Lockjaw |
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tifoidea |
Typhoid |
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tifus |
Typhus, typhus fever |
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tos
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Cough
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tos ferina
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Whooping cough
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tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis
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tumor
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Tumor
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viruela |
Smallpox, pock, pox, variola |
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viruelas
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Smallpox
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vomito nigro
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("Black vomit.") A Spanish name for yellow
fever. [Thomas1875] |
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