Vocabulary List-Diseases
This list is not comprehensive, but is a list of the most common diseases. Remember that in German, you will find the words both compounded or apart. This is scribe or region specific.
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Abzehrung
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consumption
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Altersschwäche
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old age
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Auszehrung
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tuberculosis
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Fieber
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fever
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Geschwulst
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tumor
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Gichter
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convulsive fits
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Hitziges Fieber
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typhoid fever
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Husten
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cough
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Kindbett
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died in child birth
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Krämpfe
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cramps
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Nervenfieber
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typhus
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Pocken
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small pocks
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Schlagfuß
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stroke
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Schleichendes Fieber
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consumption
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Schwindsucht
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acute tuberculosis
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Steckfluß
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asthma
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Stickhusten
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whooping cough
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Blattern
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small pox
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Blutsturz
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hemorrhage
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Durchfall
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diarrhea
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Entkräftung
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old age
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Fetzig Fieber
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hot fever
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Auszehrung
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execution
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Schwache
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weakness
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Ertrunken
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drowned
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Epilepsie
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epilepsy
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Masern
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measles
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Schwulst
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cancer
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Fallende Sucht
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epilepsy
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Fleckfieber
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Typhus
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Fluckfieber
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sweating fever
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Schlag
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stroke
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Gallenfieber
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Typhus
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Porpeln
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measles, pox
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Röteln
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German measles or Rubella
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Variola
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smallpox
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Windpocken
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Chickenpox
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Kotatschen
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diarrhea
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Entkauflung
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disablement
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Geschwulst
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tumor
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Brustfieber
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pneumonia
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Brustwassersucht
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asthma
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Entbrüstigkeit
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emphysema
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Brustkrankeit
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breast disease
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Durchfall Ruhr
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dynasty
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Blutstartz
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blood disease
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Magen Schwäche
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Stomach weakness
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Krampzufalle
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falling disease
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Gelbsucht
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jaundice
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Frieseln
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Scarlet Fever
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Freischulen
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Stroke
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Freitod
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Suicide
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Verstopfung
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Constipation
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Wassersucht
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dropsy or edema
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Geschwulst der füsten
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swelling of the feet
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Entrunken
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drowned
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Todtgeboren
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still born
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Zähnen
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teething
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