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The following is a list of deprecated terms for diseases.
| Obsolete term | Preferred term | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apoplexy | Stroke | [1] | Also a general term for internal bleeding in a specific organ. |
| Bends | Decompression sickness | [2] | Referred to the associated musculoskeletal issues of decompression illness. |
| Bilious remitting fever | Dengue fever | [3] | Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia. |
| Break-bone fever | Dengue fever | [3] | Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia. |
| Break-heart fever | Dengue fever | [4] | |
| Chokes | Decompression sickness | [2] | Referred to the associated breathing issues of decompression illness. |
| Consumption | Tuberculosis | [5] | So-called due to the wasting that occurs in the late stages of infection. |
| Dandy fever | Dengue fever | [4] | A reference to the mincing walk adopted by those affected. |
| Dropsy | Edema | [6] | |
| Dum-dum fever | Leishmaniasis | [7] | The term is derived from the city of Dum Dum, the site of an outbreak. |
| English disease | Rickets | [8] | So named due to its prevalence in English slums. |
| French disease | Syphilis | [9] | Used as an ethnic slur against the French. |
| Front-street fever | Dengue fever | [3] | Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia. |
| Gleet | Gonorrhea | [10] | Usually refers to gonorrhea that is in semi-remission. |
| Great pox | Syphilis | [9] | Used as a term of comparison to smallpox. |
| Grippe | Influenza | [11] | From the French. |
| King's evil | Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis | [12] | From the belief that the disease could be cured by a royal touch. |
| Lockjaw | Trismus | [13] | The term is sometimes used as a synonym for tetanus, which usually first manifests as trismus. |
| Monkeypox | Mpox | [14] | |
| Muerto Canyon disease | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | [15] | Named for the area where it was initially identified. "Four Corners disease" is likewise deprecated. |
| Norwalk virus | Norovirus | [16] | Named after the town of Norwalk, Ohio, where the disease was first distinctly identified. |
| Phthisis | Tuberculosis | [5] | From the Greek word for consumption. |
| Quinsy | Peritonsillar abscess | [17] | From the French term esquinancie. |
| Saint Vitus Dance | Sydenham's chorea | [18] | Named for Saint Vitus the Martyr |
| Spanish fever | Influenza | [19] | Used in reference to the 1918 flu pandemic. |
| Squinsy | Peritonsillar abscess | [17] | From the French term esquinancie. |
| Staggers | Decompression sickness | [2] | Referred to the associated neurological issues of decompression illness. |
| Undulant fever | Brucellosis | [20] | The name is a reference to the rising and falling of the patient's temperature. |
| White Plague | Tuberculosis | [5] | The name refers to the pallor of patients with "consumption" (severe tuberculosis). |
| Woolsorter's disease | Anthrax | [21] | Refers to people who tended to contract the disease (from the sheep) |
| 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) | [22] | Provisional name for COVID-19. |
References
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- ^ a b c Francis, T James R; Mitchell, Simon J (2003). "10.6: Manifestations of Decompression Disorders". In Brubakk, Alf O; Neuman, Tom S (eds.). Bennett and Elliott's physiology and medicine of diving (5th Revised ed.). United States: Saunders Ltd. pp. 578–99. ISBN 0-7020-2571-2. OCLC 51607923.
- ^ a b c Rush, Benjamin (1805). Medical Inquiries and Observations. Vol. 1. J. Conrad & Company. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ a b Halstead, Scott B. (2009-03-31). Dengue. Imperial College Press. ISBN 9781848162297. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ a b c Jules Dubos, René; Jean Dubos (1952). The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813512242.
- ^ Stitt, Edward Rhodes; Richard Pearson Strong (1944). Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases. Vol. 2. Blakiston. p. 1018.
- ^ Kormano, Martti; Ilmari Lindgren; Inkeri Helander (1999-01-01). Radiological Findings in Skin Diseases and Related Conditions. Thieme. p. 106. ISBN 9783131161215.
- ^ Bivins, Roberta (2007). ""The English Disease" or "Asian Rickets"?". Bull Hist Med. 81 (3): 533–68. doi:10.1353/bhm.2007.0062. PMC 2630160. PMID 17873451.
- ^ a b Arrizabalaga, Jon; John Henderson; Roger Kenneth French (1997-02-27). The Great Pox: The French Disease in Renaissance Europe. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300069340. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ Dick, Henry (1858). Gleet: its pathology and treatment. Baillière.
- ^ Potter, CW (2001). "A history of influenza". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 91 (4): 572–579. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01492.x. PMID 11576290.
- ^ Murray, JF; Rieder, HL; Finley-Croswhite, A (June 2016). "The King's Evil and the Royal Touch: the medical history of scrofula". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 20 (6): 713–6. doi:10.5588/ijtld.16.0229. PMID 27155172.
- ^ Wells CL, Wilkins TD (1996). "Clostridia: Sporeforming Anaerobic Bacilli". In Baron S, et al. (eds.). Baron's Medical Microbiology. Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1. PMID 21413315. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease" (Press release). World Health Organization (WHO). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Navajos Decry Muerto Canyon Hantavirus Site". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 24 April 1994. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Noroviruses - Fact Sheet". Public Health Agency of Canada. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ a b Richard Gleason Greene (1890). The International cyclopedia: a compendium of human knowledge, Volume 12. Dodd, Mead. pp. 355–6. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "NINDS Sydenham Chorea Information Page". February 14, 2007. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ^ Smith, P (2009). "Swine Flu". Croatian Medical Journal. 50 (4): 412–5. doi:10.3325/cmj.2009.50.412. PMC 2728380. PMID 19673043.
- ^ "PubMed Health". Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Sidel, V; Cohen, HW; Gould, RM (May 2002). "From woolsorters to mail sorters: anthrax past, present, and future". American Journal of Public Health. 92 (5): 705–6. doi:10.2105/ajph.92.5.705. PMC 1447147. PMID 11988429.
- ^ "Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it". World Health Organization (WHO). Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
