List of deprecated terms for diseases

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The following is a list of deprecated terms for diseases.

Obsolete termPreferred termReferenceNotes
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.
Gargoylism Hurler Syndrome (MPS Type 1) [10] In 1936, Ellis et al. coined the term "gargoylism" to name the syndrome.
Gay-related immune deficiency Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [11] Used in 1982 when it is suggested to be transmitted sexually among gay men.
Gleet Gonorrhea [12] Usually refers to gonorrhea that is in semi-remission.
Great pox Syphilis [9] Used as a term of comparison to smallpox.
Grippe Influenza [13] From the French.
King's evil Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis [14] From the belief that the disease could be cured by a royal touch.
Lockjaw Trismus [15] The term is sometimes used as a synonym for tetanus, which usually first manifests as trismus.
Monkeypox Mpox [16]
Muerto Canyon disease Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [17] Named for the area where it was initially identified. "Four Corners disease" is likewise deprecated.
Norwalk virus Norovirus [18] 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 [19] From the French term esquinancie.
Saint Vitus Dance Sydenham's chorea [20] Named for Saint Vitus the Martyr
Spanish fever Influenza [21] Used in reference to the 1918 flu pandemic.
Squinsy Peritonsillar abscess [19] From the French term esquinancie.
Staggers Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated neurological issues of decompression illness.
Undulant fever Brucellosis [22] 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 [23] Refers to people who tended to contract the disease (from the sheep)
2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [24] Provisional name for COVID-19.

References

  1. ↑ Breitenfeld, T; Jurasic, MJ; Breitenfeld, D (September 2014). "Hippocrates: the forefather of neurology". Neurological Sciences. 35 (9): 1349–52. doi:10.1007/s10072-014-1869-3. PMID   25027011. S2CID   2002986.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Rush, Benjamin (1805). Medical Inquiries and Observations. Vol. 1. J. Conrad & Company. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  4. 1 2 Halstead, Scott B. (2009-03-31). Dengue. Imperial College Press. ISBN   9781848162297 . Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  5. 1 2 3 Jules Dubos, René; Jean Dubos (1952). The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   9780813512242.
  6. ↑ Stitt, Edward Rhodes; Richard Pearson Strong (1944). Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases. Vol. 2. Blakiston. p. 1018.
  7. ↑ Kormano, Martti; Ilmari Lindgren; Inkeri Helander (1999-01-01). Radiological Findings in Skin Diseases and Related Conditions. Thieme. p. 106. ISBN   9783131161215.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 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.
  10. ↑ Abbott, Mary-Alice; Diebold, William J.; Rosengren, Sally S. (June 2021). "Rejecting Gargoylism: Reflections on the term and its relationship to Hurler syndrome". American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part C, Seminars in Medical Genetics. 187 (2): 219–223. doi:10.1002/ajmg.c.31903. ISSN   1552-4876. PMID   33982836.
  11. ↑ Clue Found on Homosexuals' Precancer Syndrome Archived 22 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine . The New York Times, June 18, 1982
  12. ↑ Dick, Henry (1858). Gleet: its pathology and treatment. Baillière.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease" (Press release). World Health Organization (WHO). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Navajos Decry Muerto Canyon Hantavirus Site". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 24 April 1994. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Noroviruses - Fact Sheet". Public Health Agency of Canada. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  19. 1 2 Richard Gleason Greene (1890). The International cyclopedia: a compendium of human knowledge, Volume 12. Dodd, Mead. pp. 355–6. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  20. ↑ "NINDS Sydenham Chorea Information Page". February 14, 2007. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  21. ↑ Smith, P (2009). "Swine Flu". Croatian Medical Journal. 50 (4): 412–5. doi:10.3325/cmj.2009.50.412. PMC   2728380 . PMID   19673043.
  22. ↑ "PubMed Health" . Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ "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.


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