Vocabulary: Diseases
This is a list of common disease terms, often found in death records as a cause of death.
| German | English | Examples |
| Abzehrung | consumption, tuberculosis | 
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| Altersschwäche | debility of old age | 
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| Auszehrung | consumption, tuberculosis | 
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| Blattern | measles, pox | 
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| Blutsturz | hemorrhage | 
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| Brustfieber | pneumonia | 
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| Brustkrankheit | pneumonia, consumption | 
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| Brustwassersucht | asthma | 
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| Durchfall | diarrhea | 
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| Entkräftung | weakening, debilitation | 
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| Epilepsie | epilepsy | 
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| ertrunken | drowned | 
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| Fallende sucht | epilepsy | 
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| Fieber | fever | 
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| Fleckfieber | typhus | 
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| Freitod | Suicide | 
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| Frieseln | scarlet Fever | 
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| Gallenfieber | typhus | 
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| Gelbsucht | jaundice | 
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| Geschwulst | dropsy | 
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| Gichter | cramps from gout | 
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| hitzig | feverish | 
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| Husten | cough | 
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| Kindbett | died in child birth | 
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| Krämpfe | convulsions | 
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| Lungenkrankheit | consumption | 
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| Magen- | stomach- | 
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| Masern | measles | 
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| Nervenfieber | typhus | 
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| Pocken | smallpox | 
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| Porpeln | measles, pox | 
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| Röteln | measles | 
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| Ruhr | dysentery | 
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| Schlafkrankheit | influenza | 
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| Schlafsucht | lethargy | 
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| Schlag | stroke | 
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| Schlag[fluß] | apoplexy, stroke | 
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| Schlaganfall | stroke | 
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| Schwäche | weakness | 
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| Schwindsucht | consumption | 
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| Schwulst | cancer | 
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| Steckfluß | stroke, asthma | 
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| Stickfluß | asthma, pulmonary edema | 
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| Variola | smallpox | 
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| Verstopfung | constipation | 
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| Wassersucht | dropsy, edema | 
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| Windpocken | chickenpox | 
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