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Danish/English Glossary
of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms
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Danish Term
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English Translation
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ægyptisk vattersot |
Bissa, Egyptian dropsy |
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afdød
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Deceased
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alderdomssvaghed
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Weakness of old age
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anasarka |
Anasarca, Cardiac dropsy, Cardiac hydrops |
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anfald
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Seizures
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angina pectoris |
Angina pectoris |
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apopleksi |
Apoplexy |
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astma |
Asthma |
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bissa |
Bissa, Egyptian dropsy |
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blegsot |
Chlorosis |
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blodgang
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Dysentery
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brok
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Hernia
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byld
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Abscess
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calentura roja |
Dengue, Dengue fever, Calentura roja |
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denguefeber |
Dengue, Dengue fever |
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diaré |
Diarrhea |
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diarrhoe |
Diarrhea |
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difteri |
Diphtheria |
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difteritis
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Diphtheria
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død
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Dead
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dødfødt
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Stillborn
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dødsårsag
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Cause of death
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dødsfald
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Death
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druknet
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Drowned
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dysenteri
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Dysentery
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engelsk syge |
Rachitis, Rickets, Vitamin-D-deficiency |
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epilepsi
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Epilepsy
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erysipelas |
Erysipelas |
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faaresyge |
Mumps |
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falde
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Fall, Killed in war
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feber |
Ague, Fever |
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forblødning
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Bleeding to death
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forstoppelse
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Constipation
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galle |
Tumor |
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gangræna |
Gangrene |
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gigt
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Rheumatism, Gout
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gulsot
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Jaundice, Icterus, Chlorosis
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halshugget
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Decapitated
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hepatitis
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Hepatitis
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hernia
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Hernia
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hernie
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Hernia
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hjertefejl
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Heart disease
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hoste
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Cough
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ikterus |
Jaundice, Icterus |
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influenza |
Influenza, Flu, Grippe |
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katar |
Catarrh |
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kighoste
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Pertussis, Whooping cough
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klorose |
Chlorosis |
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koldbrand |
Gangrene, Cold gangrene, Foot gangrene, Necrosis |
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kolera |
Cholera, Asiatic cholera, Cholera El Tor, Cholera morbus |
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kolik |
Colic, Gripes, Bellyache |
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kopper
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Smallpox, variola
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kræft
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Cancer
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krampetrækning
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Convulsion
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kvæle
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Choke
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lammelse |
Paralysis |
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lungeantrakose |
Anthracosis, Miner's pneumoconiosis |
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lungebetændelse
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Pneumonia
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mæslinger
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Measles
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mavekneb |
Colic, Gripes, Bellyache |
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mavesyge
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Stomach ailment, Diarrhea
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meslinger
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Measles
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morbilli |
Measles
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omkom
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Die
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paralysering |
Paralysis |
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pest
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Plague
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pneumomi |
Pneumonia |
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podagra |
Gout |
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potts sygdom |
Pott's paraplegia, Tuberculous spondylitis |
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rachitis |
Rachitis, Rickets, Vitamin-D-deficiency |
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radesyge |
A virulent and infectious disease,
particularly affecting the skin, bones, and throat. Also termed
Norwegian leprosy and Scandinavian syphilis. [Thomas1875] |
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reumatisme |
Rheumatism |
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roede hunde |
Rubella, German measles |
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scarlatina |
Scarlet fever, Scarlatina |
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scorbut |
Scurvy, Scorbutus |
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selvmord
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Suicide
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sindssyg
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Mentally ill
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skarlagensfeber
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Scarlet fever, Scarlatina
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skoerbug |
Scurvy, Scorbutus |
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skoldkopper |
Chickenpox, Varicella |
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staseoedem |
Congestive dropsy |
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svaghed
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Weakness
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svulst
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Tumor
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syfilis |
Syphilis |
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tæring
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Tuberculosis
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tuberkulose
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Consumption, Tuberculosis
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tussis convulsiva |
Pertussis, Whooping cough |
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tyfoid |
Typhoid |
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tyfus
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Typhus
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universelt cardialt oedem |
Cardiac dropsy |
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varicella |
Chickenpox, Varicella |
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vattersot
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Dropsy
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